This script, in it's current state, automates the process of creating a local IP port and installing the print driver. It runs locally on the machine that's installing the printer. First, it checks if the client machine is running XP. If not, it assume Windows 7. There's a set of commands for XP, and a set of commands for Windows 7. The commands…

install_network_printer

@echo off
echo **YOU MUST BE AN ADMINISTRATOR ON THIS MACHINE FOR THE SCRIPT TO WORK PROPERLY**
echo THIS SCRIPT WORKS FOR WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS 7
REM This determines if you're running XP or Windows 7
ver | find "XP" > nul
if %errorlevel% == 1 goto :win7
break
REM This runs if XP is found.  The Windows 7 commands are at the bottom of this script
echo IDENTIFIED WINDOWS XP
echo Checking if printer "[PRINTER NAME HERE]" already exists
REM This command checks your registry for the printer you're installing.
REM The goto command only completes if the registry entry is found
set Key=hklm\system\controlset001\control\print\printers
reg query %Key%"\[PRINTER NAME HERE]" /v Name && goto :exists
break
REM This creates the local IP port for the printer's address
echo INSTALLING IP PRINTER PORT [PRINTER IP HERE]
cscript %windir%\system32\prnport.vbs -a -r "IP_[PRINTER IP HERE]" -h [PRINTER IP HERE] -o raw
REM This verifies the command completed successfully, otherwise it stops the script
if errorlevel 1 goto :end
break
echo INSTALLING PRINTER "[PRINTER NAME HERE]"
REM This uses the printui.dll to install the printer driver from the command line
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /r "IP_[PRINTER IP HERE]" /b "[PRINTER NAME HERE]" /f "[PATH TO THE PRINT DRIVER .INF FILE HERE].inf" /m "[SPECIFY THE DRIVER WITHIN THE INF FILE HERE]"
if errorlevel 0 goto :successful
if errorlevel 1 goto :error
:successful
break
break
echo THE PRINTER IS SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED
pause
goto :end
pause
:error
break
break
echo ERRORS WERE FOUND. THE PRINTER DID NOT INSTALL
pause
goto :end
:exists
break
echo THE PRINTER ALREADY EXISTS.  NO CHANGES WERE MADE.
pause
goto :end
REM These commands are the same as the commands above, but tailored for the differences in paths and
  REM drivers for Windows 7
:win7
echo IDENTIFIED WINDOWS 7
break
echo CHECKING IF PRINTER "[PRINTER NAME HERE]" already exists
set Key=hklm\system\controlset001\control\print\printers
reg query %Key%"\[PRINTER NAME HERE]" /v Name && goto :exists
break
echo INSTALLING IP PRINTER PORT [PRINTER IP HERE]
cscript %windir%\system32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnport.vbs -a -r "IP_[PRINTER IP HERE]" -h [PRINTER IP HERE] -o raw
if errorlevel 1 goto :error
echo INSTALLING PRINTER "[PRINTER NAME HERE]"
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /r "IP_[PRINTER IP HERE]" /b "[PRINTER NAME HERE]" /f "[FULL PATH TO PRINTER DRIVER INF FILE].inf" /m "[SPECIFIC DRIVER IN THE INF FILE]"
if errorlevel 0 goto :successful
if errorlevel 1 goto :error
pause
:end