Installing driver over the network
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2. Using a Network-Connected Machine
/p”<port name>” or
/P”<port name>”
Specifies printer port.
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.
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\share
d_printer" or
"\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\shared_
printer" in where,
"\\computer_name\shared
_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 Description
/a”<dest_path>” or
/A”<dest_path>”
Specifies destination path
for installation.
The destination
path should be a
fully qualified path.
Since machine drivers should
be installed on the OS specific
location, this command
applies to only application
software.
/n”<Printer name>”
or
/N”<Printer name>”
Specifies printer name.
Printer instance shall be
created as specified printer
name.
With this parameter, you can
add printer instances as your
wishes.
/nd or
/ND
Commands not to set the
installed driver as a default
machine driver.
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.
Command- line Definition Description