How Can I List the Network Printers For the Logged-On User?

re: How Can I List the Network Printers For the Logged-On User?

Glenn Gagne — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:19:19 GMT

Hi,

I tested your script and it work fine... locally ! But do you known how can we could use this script to determine network printer on a remote computer running in the actual running session ?

Exemple: I would like to known which network printers are in the session of my end-user named Domain\Thomas on the computer PC001, from a script started from my technician computer PC002 in my Windows session Domain\Admin.

I tested the WMI request with = FALSE and it seem to be not valid when started in remote location. I don't known if this option is a limitation by WMI or the impersonate request is not formulated correctly...

Please find a solution, this could be very useful to diagnose remote computers without having to do a remote GUI connection (RDP, DameWare, VNC) and stop user work.

re: How Can I List the Network Printers For the Logged-On User?

Todd — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:43:50 GMT

Thank you for the light hearted style that you put in your blog entries. Reading knowledgebase entries can become monotonous, so reading something with a human feel as well as useful information is nice. Some others obviously don't realize this is a BLOG, therefore it's up to the author how they chose to post. In MY opinion, reading a few minutes to save you hours of work is a small price to pay for free scripting information... and humor thrown in is the icing on the cake.

Cheers!

re: How Can I List the Network Printers For the Logged-On User?

Amir — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:44:38 GMT

Can we please leave out the humor and just get to the part that describes and explains the script? it's real annoying, always having to read a couple paragraphs of jokes before getting to the parts that matter. There are plenty of joke sites out there, if we wanted jokes, we'd go to them. People search for scripts when they find your site, not jokes.

re: How Can I List the Network Printers For the Logged-On User?

SConnett1 — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:35:53 GMT

Hello, I am hoping to integrate this script in to a profile migration script I am custom building. I like the way the script works. However, how can I make it so it only lists the printers in the TXT file and not the current users info? I attempted this, but it leaves the first line in the text file blank. This takes me to my next question. How can i reverse the process? I would like to be able to use a script to later install the printer listed in the txt file to another XP PC when restoring a users backed up profile.

Thanks,

SConnett

re: How Can I List the Network Printers For the Logged-On User?

Jeffrey S. Patton — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:45:41 GMT

That script is all fine and good assuming you have logged onto every single one of your computers. In testing, ran script against local computer, works good. Ran script against a computer in my domain that I have never logged into but I know has mapped printers, no output. Login to remote computer using the same cred's I'm running the script as, works good.

How exactly can you retrieve a list of mapped printers from all computers in a Domain, regardless of who has logged in?

re: How Can I List the Network Printers For the Logged-On User?

Guy G. — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:54:32 GMT

For some unknown reason, when you have a remote printer on your computer and this remote printer is no longer existing on the remote server, you won't see that printer on the Win32_Printer query