Hey all, I am currently working on a BATCH file that will install a specific printer (on a printserver) to a computer. The current script looks is this:... ______________________________ @Echo off REM this command file will add a network printer to a computer remotely REM the parameters are: REM 1 - the name of the computer to which the network printer is to be added REM 2 - the UNC name of the printer to be added REM for example, to add the printer called ThePrinter that is shared from the computer PrintServer REM to the computer called TheClient: REM key this command in a Command Prompt window: REM addglobalprinterremotely theclient printserver\theprinter REM add the specified printer to the specified computer @Echo On rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\beit032 /n\\printserver\153_ca_hp2015 @Echo off REM stop the print spooler on the specified computer and wait until the sc command finishes @Echo On start /wait sc \\beit032 stop spooler @Echo off REM start the print spooler on the specified computer and wait until the sc command finishes @Echo On start /wait sc \\beit032 start spooler pause ______________________________ What I am after acheiveing is to be prompted for the following information.. 1: PC Name (where the Printer will be installed - in the script as "\\beit032") 2: The printer. (in the script as "\\printserver\153_ca_hp2015") I have tried a few methods but just cant get it to work. Any help on this would be great. Thanks in advance. Martyn

Martyn, your question is not clear to me. I guess you want a mechanism to take user input and use the input strings in the batch command? Then this would work: set /p PCName=Enter PC name: :Use %PCName% in the rest of the script to refer to the user entered string :Similarly, you can get printer name from user. : You can also enumerate available printers from the "net view \\servername" command. : Ex:for /f "tokens=1,2 delims= " %A in ('net view \\servername') do if %B==Print Echo %A is a printer -- Holla.