by Anonymous (267 Submissions)
Category: Windows System Services
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sun 4th May 2003
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
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WMI sample: retrieves printer status on local or remote computer. Written in VBScript. Uses win32_Printer WMI class.
VBcoders
' This function checks if a printer is up-and-running
' Requires WMI
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Const PrinterIdle = 3
Const PrinterPrinting = 4
Const PrinterWarmingUp = 5
Function IsPrinterUp( strPrintServer, strPrinter )
Dim strobject, PrinterSet, Printer
IsPrinterUp = False
strObject = "winmgmts://" & strPrintServer
Set PrinterSet = GetObject( strObject ).InstancesOf( "win32_Printer" )
If( PrinterSet.Count = 0 ) Then
Exit Function
End If
For Each Printer in PrinterSet
WScript.Echo Printer.Name & " ==> " & Printer.PrinterStatus
If UCase( Printer.name ) = UCase( strPrinter ) Then
If Printer.PrinterStatus = PrinterIdle Or Printer.PrinterStatus = PrinterPrinting Or Printer.PrinterStatus = PrinterWarmingUp Then
IsPrinterUp = True
Exit Function
End If
End If
Next
End Function
' Main
Dim strPrintServer, strPrinterName
Do
strPrinterName = inputbox( "Please enter the name of the printer", "Input" )
Loop until strPrinterName <> ""
Do
strPrintServer = inputbox( "Please enter the name of the printserver", "Input" )
Loop until strPrintServer <> ""
If( IsPrinterUp( strPrintServer, strPrinterName ) = True ) Then
WScript.Echo "Printer " & strPrinterName & " is OK"
Else
WScript.Echo "Printer " & strPrinterName & " is NOT OK"
End If
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