How can I get the clients to automatically map printers on the server, I tried the following but it didnt seem to work.

Mapping them manually works fine.

net use LPT1: \\logi\epson2

net use LPT2: \\logi\epson1

net use LPT3: \\logi\HP1

Above was included in Bat login script.

Other lines in script work fine.

I ran it from command line, and it claimed LPT1 was already in use.

even though no printers were installed.

I assume the printer set as LPT1 is default?

Many thanks

when you type just "net use" does it say what is using it?

Use this to install the printer quietly

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /q /n\\servername\printername

Use this to set the printer as the default printer

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n\\servername\printername

Run this for a full list of what printui can do

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?

why do we use rundll32 printui.dll instead of a vbs liek this?

Dim net

Set net = CreateObject("WScript.Network")

net.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\server\printer"

net.SetDefaultPrinter "\\server\printer"

why do we use rundll32 printui.dll instead of a vbs liek this?

Wow, that works really well! THANKS!