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Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:25 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Perform More Than One Action with the Win32_Printer WMI Class?

Hey, Scripting Guy! The Win32_Printer WMI class has several methods that are listed in it. But I am not sure how to best use these methods from inside a Windows PowerShell script. I do not want to create four different scripts to send a test page, clean
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:24 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Remove Old Printer Connections, List Printers, and Set New Default Printers?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Well it finally happened. Our budget request for new printers was approved. We have gotten them unboxed, distributed, and hooked up to the LAN. We have even downloaded the latest drivers from the Internet, and updated the firmware
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:24 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use WMI to Add a Printer Connection by Using Windows PowerShell?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to determine how to use WMI to add a printer connection by using Windows PowerShell. I have found this script , but it uses VBScript and not WMI. This means that it is not very close at all, I am afraid. Do you have a WMI
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Monday, May 18, 2009 8:23 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Document Printer Usage on Client Workstations?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am tasked with the problem of documenting printer use on our client workstations. I must be able to determine whether someone prints directly to a printer, or if they are printing through our print servers. This is important because
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:32 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Document Printers?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I do not know about you, but does it seem that printers are a major pain in the dark side? I mean, they seem to multiply faster than bacteria. They are all just different enough to cause maintenance problems, and forget about trying
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Friday, November 02, 2007 12:23 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Remove All the Network Printers on a Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to delete or remove all network printers from a workstation with a VBScript script, similar to the way you removed all the network drives on a computer? -- WDC Hey, WDC. If you’ve been following our daily TechEd preview
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Monday, August 14, 2006 10:55 AM

How Can I List All the Printers on a Remote Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the printers – both local printers and network printers – on a remote computer? -- CH Hey, CH. You know, back when he worked at the University of Washington the Scripting Guy who writes this column was asked to speak
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:48 AM

How Can I Set the Default Printer Based on the IP Address of the Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set the default printer based on the IP address of the computer? -- TT Hey, TT. You’ll have to forgive us for being a little distracted this morning. Last night the Scripting Guy who writes this column went to the gym with
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Monday, January 09, 2006 12:55 PM

How Can I Remove All the Black-and-White Printers on a Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! On a Windows XP computer, how can I remove all the black-and-white printers, leaving only color printers? -- JL Hey, JL. You know, in one classic episode of the Simpsons, Bart, in the throes of a sugar high, joins the Junior Campers.
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Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:44 AM

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

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I remove all the local printers from a computer? -- JW Hey, JW. You did say that you wanted to do this only on computers running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, didn’t you? You didn’t? Oh. Well, we’re going to pretend that
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Friday, July 08, 2005 12:50 PM

How Can I Use a Script to Rename a Printer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to rename a printer? -- SB Hey, SB. Well, if your printer is connected to a Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 print server we have bad news for you: you can’t rename a printer using a script, at least not using
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Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:21 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is There Any Way to Determine the Default Printer On a Computer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to determine the default printer on a computer? -- JW Hey, JW. If you’re running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, determining the default printer is easy. That’s because the WMI class Win32_Printer found on these
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