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List printers installed on remote pc

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to get a listing of the printers that would be installed on a remote pc using vb. As it stands, i can get this information using batch files, but i'm looking to move away from them as much as possible. I can get the information from my machine strickly using vb, but i can't figure out how to get the information from a remote machine on the same network.

Thanks

JackOfPH

ping

Computron

Try this

http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/network/index.html

JackOfPH

Put this on the command button.

Dim devlist as object
Dim dev as object
Set devlist = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}").ExecQuery("select * from Win32_Printer")
For Each dev In devlist
msgbox "Printer: " & dev.Name & " " & dev.Location &
Next
devlist = Nothing

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here is some article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_printer.asp

mcmoser

ASKER

Computron, i'm gonna have a look at that tomorrow when i go into work. I'll let you know how it went.

JackOfPH, I don't follow what you mean by ping? I know what ping does, but unless i'm mistaken, I don't think it will give me any information on printers?

Appreciate the quick responses!

Computron

The URL I gave was not very specific, here it is
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/network/connecttoprinterdlg.htm

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mcmoser

ASKER

DeadlyTrev,

I tried what you suggested and it's working. Is it possible to set a username & password as well into the command?

mcmoser

ASKER

Think i got it working now.

Set objLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set objWMIService = objLocator.ConnectServer(RemoteComputer, "root\cimv2", RemoteUsername, RemotePassword)
objWMIService.Security_.impersonationlevel = 3
Set PrinterList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Printer")
For Each PrinterInstance In PrinterList
MsgBox PrinterInstance.Name
Next
Set PrinterList = Nothing
Set WMIService = Nothing

Excellent, thanks a lot for all your help.