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Installing software over the network
Command- line
Definition
/p"<port name>" or/
Specifies printer port.
P"<port name>"
Network Port will be
created by use of
Standard TCP/IP
Port monitor. For
local port, this port
must exist on
system before
being specified by
command.
Description
Printer port name can be
specified as IP address,
hostname, USB local port
name, IEEE1284 port name
or network path.
For example:
• /p"xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" in
where, "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
means IP address for
network printer. /
p"USB001", /P"LPT1:", /
p"hostname", /
p"\\computer_name\sha
red_printer" or
"\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\shared
_printer" in where,
"\\computer_name\shar
ed_printer" or
"\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\shared
_printer" means the
network path to the
printer by entering two
slashes, the computer
name or local IP address
of the PC sharing the
printer, and then the
share name of the
printer.
Command- line
Definition
/a"<dest_path>" or/
Specifies destination path
A"<dest_path>"
for installation.
The destination
path should be a
fully qualified path.
/n"<Printer name>"
Specifies printer name.
or/N"<Printer
Printer instance shall be
name>"
created as specified printer
name.
/nd or/ND
Commands not to set the
installed driver as a default
machine driver.
Description
Since machine drivers
should be installed on the
OS specific location, this
command applies to only
application software.
With this parameter, you
can add printer instances as
you wish.
It indicates installed
machine driver will not be
the default machine driver
on your system if there are
one or more printer drivers
installed. If there is no
installed machine driver on
your system, then this
option won't be applied
because Windows OS will
set installed printer driver as
a default machine driver.
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