Now I could just install all the printers, but that would only be confusing and resulting in a long list of printers. I created a PowerShell script that I could run remotely to do this in the background, but that would require them to call me, so I could run the script in the background. They will need to create a TCP/IP port, find the IP Address of the printer, select the driver and give a printer name.

Our users can install a printer themselves, but because they are not listed on the print server they can easily search for the printer. Because of double natting, we cant deploy printers with a print server. I work for a construction company and our construction sites are connected over a 4G IPVPN network with the datacenter.

In this article I will use one of my own projects as an example, so let me first tell a bit about the problem I needed to solve. In this article, I will explain how you can create a simple GUI for your script and help you through the basic obstacles. We all love PowerShell for the simplicity and efficientness when it comes to scripting, but for normal users working with a CLI isnt something they are used to. And users and command line isnt the best combination, so lets take a look at using the PowerShell GUI. But this week I needed to create a script that could be run by the users themselves. All with a single purpose to automate my IT work as much as possible. I have created many PowerShell scripts for the last couple of years.

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