Richard
Thankyou very much, unfortunately my printers are all on different print servers.
The file i had in mind currently had this make up.
Printers.ini or txt
\\server1\printer1
\\server2\printer4
and so on.
if a better setup would make it easier for me im open to suggestions. just thought i could search the file for printer and pull the whole line as my variable. then assign as default.

Thanks again i have a lot to work at now and any progress i'll put back on here.
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