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Simple ways to add an delete network printers - Digerati - 2003-12-18 Adds a printer connection to a network printer. Script must be run on the local computer.   Copy and paste in notepad and save as {filename}.vbs   Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\PrintServer1\Xerox300" WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\PrintServer1\Xerox300"   Removes a printer connection to a network printer. Script must be run on the local computer.   Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") WshNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection "\\PrintServer1\Xerox300"     You can add these in batch scripting or logon scripting to aid in the adding and removal of printers.   add printer rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\server1\1220C   delete printer rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /n \\server1\PRT4   Example of login script that mapps drives and adds a printer: net use * /delete /y   net use H: \\server1\%username%$ /PERSISTENT:NO   net use S: \\server1\shared /PERSISTENT:NO   rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\server1\1220C