dan_computerx
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List available and in use print drivers on 2003 server
Hi,
I'm adding 64-bit clients to my network and I would like to scan my printers to make sure I updated all of them to have 64-bit drivers available. While I’m at it I would like to see what driver version each printer is using.
How can I scan a print server to see what drivers are available and what version of each driver is in use?
All the solutions I have seen so far just give the driver name as reported in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
There are enough printers that printing test pages, trying to add to a 64-bit machine, and/or mucking about in Printer Properties is unappealing. I don’t care if I do this from the server or the network.
Thanks in advance.
I'm adding 64-bit clients to my network and I would like to scan my printers to make sure I updated all of them to have 64-bit drivers available. While I’m at it I would like to see what driver version each printer is using.
How can I scan a print server to see what drivers are available and what version of each driver is in use?
All the solutions I have seen so far just give the driver name as reported in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
There are enough printers that printing test pages, trying to add to a 64-bit machine, and/or mucking about in Printer Properties is unappealing. I don’t care if I do this from the server or the network.
Thanks in advance.
ASKER
That shows the drivers installed, not the drivers in use.
BTW, PrintManagement.msc will enumerate those keys and give you a pretty GUI to look at them with. You can even export to CSV. It also shows driver version number, which I somehow failed to see yesterday.
BTW, PrintManagement.msc will enumerate those keys and give you a pretty GUI to look at them with. You can even export to CSV. It also shows driver version number, which I somehow failed to see yesterday.
btw what do you mean by in use??
ASKER
There is a printer actually using the driver.
For instance, I had 5 different Canon ir8500 drivers installed, but I no longer have any ImageRunners on my network.
For instance, I had 5 different Canon ir8500 drivers installed, but I no longer have any ImageRunners on my network.
Could you not easily see in the PrintManagement.msc if the printer is on- or offline?
That way you could easily separate the used drivers from the unused?
Or am I missing something?
But if you really have that many printer to manage, I would suggest that you invest in a print management software. It will get you a nice overview of your printers and save a great deal of money and time.
That way you could easily separate the used drivers from the unused?
Or am I missing something?
But if you really have that many printer to manage, I would suggest that you invest in a print management software. It will get you a nice overview of your printers and save a great deal of money and time.
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
For Windows Server 2003 64-bit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\