Setting up a printer with CA's and trying to set the printer as the default always fails. Outside of the .msi all commands work. Since Windows 7 does not come natively with LaserJet 4 driver I need to install and setup a LJ4 printer as the default
These commands work as expected in a "run EXE from a path" CA: Printui.exe /ia /m "HP LaserJet 4" /f "[SourceDir]prnhp001.Inf" Printui.exe /if /b "Printer Name" /f "[SystemFolder]ntprint.inf /r "<\\Path2Printer>" /m "HP LaserJet 4"
1. Running Printui.exe directly in a CA 2. Running Rundll32.exe directly in a CA 3. Running Cmd.exe /c start directly in a command
Here are the CA's that I have tried: Printui.exe /y /n "Printer Name" Rundll32.exe printui.dll.PrintUIEntry /y /n "Printer Name" cmd.exe /c start /B /WAIT Printui.exe /y /n "Printer Name" cmd.exe /c start /B /WAIT Rundll32.exe printui.dll.PrintUIEntry /y /n "Printer Name"
All with error 0x00000709 This installation package worked flawlessly in XP for years, the only thing added was the first line to install the driver.
Any ideas? I do not want to add an external file to the installation do this. The .msi should be able to handle this.
I'm far from an expert in printers and their drivers, but the error you receive (0x709 -> 1801) is "The printer name is invalid". Is it possible the level of quoting is incorrect, or that you have the wrong name?
