title: How to add a Local Printer using VBScript on Windows 7?
body: <p>I have a Windows 7 64bit pc, I'm trying to add a Local Printer which automatically installs the driver and shares the printer once it is done. 
  The port is a Loopback IP Address (127.0.0.1) and it uses the Zebra (ZDesigner LP 2844) Driver. (Which you can get here: <a href="http://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/desktop/lp-2844.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/desktop/lp-2844.html</a> )</p>
  
  <p>My current script works great on XP but not so good on Windows 7. It comes up with the error
  "Microsoft VBScript runtime error:ActiveX component can't create object: 'Port.Port.1' for my script AddPort.vbs</p>
  
  <p>The following script is called AddPort.vbs</p>
  
  <pre><code>'ADDING:
  
  dim oPort
  dim oMaster
  set oPort = CreateObject("Port.Port.1")
  set oMaster = CreateObject("PrintMaster.PrintMaster.1")
  
  wscript.echo "Adding port to local machine...."
  
  'Indicate where to add the port. Double quotes ("" ) stand for the local computer, which is the default, or put "\\servername"
  oPort.ServerName = ""
  
  'The name of the port cannot be omitted.
  oPort.PortName = "CustomPortName"
  
  'The type of the port can be 1 (TCP RAW), 2 (TCP LPR), or 3 (standard local).
  oPort.PortType = 3
  
  'For TCP RAW ports. Default is 9100.
  oPort.PortNumber = 9101
  
  'Try adding the port.
  oMaster.PortAdd oPort
  
  'Test for the status.
  If Err &lt;&gt; 0 then
  wscript.echo "Error " &amp; Err &amp; " occurred while adding port"
  End If
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The Following script is called AddPrinter.vbs
  This script shows the error "Microsoft VBScript runtime error:ActiveX component can't create object: PrintMaster.PrintMaster.1</p>
  
  <pre><code>' Adding a Printer
  ' The sample code in this section creates any required objects, adds a printer to a remote server, and configures some driver and port information. 
  
  dim oMaster
  dim oPrinter
  
  wscript.echo "Adding VirtualPrinter printer to local machine...."
  
  'The following code creates the required PrintMaster and Printer objects.
  set oMaster = CreateObject("PrintMaster.PrintMaster.1")
  set oPrinter = CreateObject("Printer.Printer.1")
  
  'The following code specifies the name of the computer where the printer will be added. To specify the local
  'computer, either use empty quotes (“”) for the computer name, or do not use the following line of code. If
  'ServerName is not set, the local computer is used. Always precede the name of a remote computer with two backslashes (\\). 
  oPrinter.ServerName = ""
  
  'The following code assigns a name to the printer. The string is required and cannot be empty. 
  oPrinter.PrinterName = "VirtualPrinter"
  
  'The following code specifies the printer driver to use. The string is required and cannot be empty. 
  oPrinter.DriverName  = "ZDesigner LP 2844"
  
  'The following code specifies the printer port to use. The string is required and cannot be empty. 
  oPrinter.PortName    = "LoopBack"
  
  'The following code specifies the location of the printer driver. This setting is optional, because by default
  'the drivers are picked up from the driver cache directory.
  'oPrinter.DriverPath  = "c:\drivers"
  
  'The following code specifies the location of the INF file. This setting is optional, because by default the INF
  'file is picked up from the %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf directory.
  'oPrinter.InfFile     = "c:\winnt\inf\ntprint.inf"
  
  oPrinter.PrintProcessor = "winprint"
  
  'The following code adds the printer.
  oMaster.PrinterAdd oPrinter
  
  'The following code uses the Err object to determine whether the printer was added successfully.
  if Err &lt;&gt; 0 then
      wscript.echo "Error " &amp; Err &amp; " occurred while adding VirtualPrinter"
  else
      wscript.echo "Printer added successfully"
  end if
  
  ' To configure other printer settings, such as comments, create a Printer object and then call PrintMaster's method PrinterSet.
  
  wscript.echo "Configuring printer...."
  
  oPrinter.Comment = "Virtual printer to capture labels"
  oPrinter.ShareName = "VirtualPrinter"
  oPrinter.Shared = true
  oPrinter.Local = true
  
  oMaster.PrinterSet oPrinter
  if Err &lt;&gt; 0 then
      wscript.echo "Error " &amp; Err &amp; " occurred while changing settings for VirtualPrinter"
  end if
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any other way I can create a Local Printer, Set the Driver, Port Number and Port Name and Share Name and Print Processor using vbscript in Windows 7???</p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance, the best response will receive points.</p>