List Printer Capabilities
Description
Lists properties and capabilities for all the printers installed on a computer.
Supported Platforms
Windows Server 2003 |
Yes |
Windows XP |
Yes |
Windows 2000 |
Yes |
Windows NT 4.0 |
Yes |
Windows 98 |
Yes |
Script Code
strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colInstalledPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_PrinterConfiguration") For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objPrinter.Name Wscript.Echo "Collate: " & objPrinter.Collate Wscript.Echo "Copies: " & objPrinter.Copies Wscript.Echo "Driver Version: " & objPrinter.DriverVersion Wscript.Echo "Duplex: " & objPrinter.Duplex Wscript.Echo "Horizontal Resolution: " & _ objPrinter.HorizontalResolution If objPrinter.Orientation = 1 Then strOrientation = "Portrait" Else strOrientation = "Landscape" End If Wscript.Echo "Orientation : " & strOrientation Wscript.Echo "Paper Length: " & objPrinter.PaperLength / 254 Wscript.Echo "Paper Width: " & objPrinter.PaperWidth / 254 Wscript.Echo "Print Quality: " & objPrinter.PrintQuality Wscript.Echo "Scale: " & objPrinter.Scale Wscript.Echo "Specification Version: " & _ objPrinter.SpecificationVersion If objPrinter.TTOption = 1 Then strTTOption = "Print TrueType fonts as graphics." Elseif objPrinter.TTOption = 2 Then strTTOption = "Download TrueType fonts as soft fonts." Else strTTOption = "Substitute device fonts for TrueType fonts." End If Wscript.Echo "True Type Option: " & strTTOption Wscript.Echo "Vertical Resolution: " & objPrinter.VerticalResolution Next
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