Installing LPR Ports with Windows NT 4.0 Unattended Setup
ID: Q159451
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
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Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
SUMMARY
Although there is an option in the Unattended Setup to install TCP/IP
printing, there is no option available to actually install the LPR port. To
install the LPR port in an unattended method, the OEMPreinstall features of
unattend must be used.
MORE INFORMATION
To install LPR ports on a system, the user must be a member of the
administrator group. An advantage of installing LPR ports during an
unattended setup is that the administrator is not required to log on to
each workstation to install the port. A disadvantage of this procedure is
that each different LPR port configuration required for the workstations
will need a separate installation point on the network. Each installation
point requires about 80 MB of disk space.
To install an LPR port (or ports), perform the following steps:
- Install Microsoft TCP/IP Printing on a Windows NT Workstation or Server
through Control Panel, Network, Services.
- After restarting the computer, install the LPR ports with the correct IP
addresses and desired names through Control Panel, Printer, File, Server
Properties.
- Open Regedit.exe (not Regedt32.exe) and go to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Print/Monitors/
LPR Ports/Ports
subkey. Under Ports, select the IP address and name of the printer you
just installed. Click Registry/Export Registry File from the menu. Save
it as Lpr.reg. Do this with each LPR port you have installed, making
sure to give each .reg file a unique name. Close REGEDIT.
- Go to the network installation point for Windows NT. Create a
subdirectory under i386 labeled $oem$. Copy Regedit.exe and the .reg
files created in step 3 to this directory.
- Create a text file in the $oem$ directory using Edit.com called
Cmdlines.txt. Add these lines, including quotation marks:
[Command]
".\regedit /s .\lpr.reg"
Add an additional line for each port you are installing with the
appropriate .reg file name.
- Modify the Unattend.txt file using Edit.com to do an OEMPreinstall and
automatically install TCP/IP protocol and TCP/IP printing.
- Run setup from the i386 directory with the following command line:
winnt /b /s:<sourcefiledir> /u:<unattend file name>
This procedure will install the LPR ports created in Step 2.
Additional Information
The example provides only part of the answer file needed for a complete
Windows NT 4.0 unattended installation.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q155197
TITLE : Unattended Setup Parameters for Unattend.txt File
Additional query words:
prodnt
Keywords : kbsetup ntsetup ntdriver ntreskit
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type :
Last Reviewed: January 29, 1999