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Anonymous

Asked: January 8, 2023Computer programming

How to monitor printers status on a network using VBscript?

Hi,I am new to VBScript, I am trying to get all the printers status on a network. Is there a script to do that? thank youRead more

Anonymous

Added an answer on January 8, 2023 at 1:47 pm

This answer was edited.

here is the code if you need to check if a printer is connected to nework: Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Name = 'HP DeskJet 2720E'") For Each objItem in colItems If objItem.Network = True Then WScripRead more

here is the code if you need to check if a printer is connected to nework:

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Name = 'HP DeskJet 2720E'")

For Each objItem in colItems
    If objItem.Network = True Then
        WScript.Echo "HP DeskJet is connected to the network"
    Else
        WScript.Echo "HP DeskJet is not connected to the network"
    End If
Next

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Name = 'HP DeskJet 2720E'")

For Each objItem in colItems

If objItem.Network = True Then

WScript.Echo "HP DeskJet is connected to the network"

Else

WScript.Echo "HP DeskJet is not connected to the network"

End If

This script uses the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service to query for printers with the name “HP DeskJet”. It then checks the value of the Network property for each printer to determine whether it is connected to the network. If the Network property is True, the script outputs a message indicating that the printer is connected to the network. If the Network property is False, the script outputs a message indicating that the printer is not connected to the network.

I hope this helps!

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