Instead, users would have to install the printer, then navigate to System Preferences > Printers & Scanners > Select the Printer to Modify > Options & Supplies > Options and then select the correct options in the various drop-down menus (which no one likely knows, the names are pretty cryptic). No other installation method allows for this to be automated.

It allows us to name the finisher, paper source, hole punch unit, etc.

Thus, we can name black and white, two-sided printing, or whatever we would like as the default options. Most commonly, color printers will install with color printing as the default, which almost always results in billing problems for end users when an app such as PaperCut is being used. It allows us to name the default options used when the printer is installed.This ensures all printers are installed with the correct driver and will have all of the features available. On the plus side, there are no generic drivers being used and the user doesn’t have to pick the driver. In the past, I have solved this by including all of the necessary printer drivers in the main image, and keeping them up to date on the local machines through various deployments. There are a few ways you can handle this… If you want the script to go and get the respective printer driver at the time of installation, I suppose you could curl this down from a location of your choice any time you want. There is a small downfall to this, in that it requires the driver to be present on the local machine at the correct path. It allows the local device driver to be named through a local path.If you are using an app like NoMAD to generate Kerberos tickets for your domain, you will want to take advantage of this. This means Kerberos authentication can be named in the script. It allows the method of authentication to be named.Here are some reasons lpadmin is a great option for installing printers in a managed environment: This means you will be able to whip up a solution in almost any scenario. Even if you use a different method to manage printers in your environment, it is good to be well-versed in this as it is easily scriptable. Either way, keep reading here as I will be covering it in-depth. If you are unfamiliar with lpadmin, I highly suggest running “man lpadmin” in Terminal and doing some reading. Today we are going to look a bit at using lpadmin to install printers.

Mac network drive script