Command Line Printer Control
Windows command-line tool can be used to handle most of the configuration in windows. For this purpose, PRINTUI.DLL and RUNDLL32.EXE commands are used. The syntax is given below,
Syntax:
RUNDLL32.EXE PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry [ option ] [ @commandfile ]
Here,
option: The operation to be performed
You can specify these options:
| Option | Relevance |
|---|---|
| /dl | Used to delete the local printer |
| /dn | Used to delete network printer connection |
| /dd | Used to delete the printer driver |
| /e | It shows printing preferences |
| /f[file] | Either output or inf file |
| /F[file] | It signifies the location of an INF file that the INF file |
| /id | Install printer driver using add printer driver wizard |
| /ia | Install printer driver using inf file |
| /if | It will Install printer using inf file |
| /ii | It will Install printer using add printer wizard with an inf file |
| /il | It will Install printer using add printer wizard |
| /in | Add network printer connection |
| /ip | Install printer using network printer installation wizard |
| /k | It is used to print a test page to a particular printer but it cannot be attached to the command when installing a printer |
| /l[path] | Printer driver source path |
| /m[model] | Printer driver model name |
| /n[name] | The printer name |
| /o | It shows printer queue view |
| /p | Show printer’s properties |
| /Ss | It will load printer settings to a file |
| /Sr | It restores printer settings from a file |
| /y | This will mark the printer as the default |
| /Xg | It returns printer settings |
| /Xs | This will set printer settings. |
Batch Script – Printing / NETPrint Command
A Bash script is similar to a simple text file that contains a number of commands that the programmer can write in a command line. In Unix-based systems, these commands are used for performing repetitive tasks. A Bash script consists of a bunch of commands, or it may contain elements like loops, functions, conditional constructs, etc. In other words, a Bash script is similar to a computer program that is specifically written in Bash language.
Some of the features of Bash are given below:
- Bash can be called by using single-character command-line options and also the multi-character command-line options. For example, (-a, -b) is a single-character command-line, and –debugger is a multi-character command-line option.
- Bash has a set of Key bindings.
- Bash allows programmers to use one-dimensional arrays by which they can easily work with a set of data.
- Bash also provides the functionality of control structures. For example, construct the structure, etc.
Bash script allows us to control printing with the help of the NET PRINT command. The syntax of this command is given below,
Syntax:
print [/E: print_device] [[drive:][path]filename] Here, print_device: The print device
Example:
In this example, the below command will print w3wiki.txt to the parallel port LPT3.
# gfg.sh print E:\w3wiki.txt /c /d:LPT3