How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

Ron — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:33:41 GMT

Does anyone know why this script would work fine in windows 7, but give an error on the odjPrinter.Delete_ line when run under XP?

The error says not found, the code is 80041002, and the source is SWbemObjectEx

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

JMR360 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:09:30 GMT

When i try and run the script using window 7 with PowerShell I get the following error message:

Unexpected token '&' in expression or statement.

At H:\MyScripts\printertest1.ps1:2 char:46

+ Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & <<<< strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (&:String) [], ParseException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

VulcanJedi — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:29:25 GMT

For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters

if not instr(1,objprinter.name,"pdf",vbtextcompare) then objPrinter.Delete_

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

ImmI — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:29:10 GMT

Hi its a great script, i have one puzzle

I dont wants to delete the printer where port is like PDF%, how can i can incorporate this in the script so that it do not delete any printer whose port name contains PDF in it. because i wants to clean up all exept PDF printer.

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

Jareem Gamble — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:22:54 GMT

Thanks man, I used this script with altiris. Works Great!

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

grim — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:06:10 GMT

How would I put in an exception? Say I don't want to delete the "AdobePDF" printer but I do want to delete all others.

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

Bigbash — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:52:59 GMT

Kev it works, just tested it!!

re: How Can I Remove All the Local Printers from a Computer?

KEV — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:33:34 GMT

How do you do it on windows 7