Comments on: Bulk-create printer objects on print servers using Windows PowerShell

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:21:23 +0000

Now, I haven’t tested it myself yet, but it try:
$print.DoCompleteFirst = $true

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:17:43 +0000

Take a look at this document:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394363(v=vs.85).aspx

There’s a value for “Start jobs that are finished spooling first.”:
PRINTER_ATTRIBUTE_DO_COMPLETE_FIRST

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:48:01 +0000

You don’t say what you need help with.. But perhaps adding quotes around “BCP/Interactive” will do the trick. Also the function is still expecting the server name to be passed to it as an argument, even though you’ve “hard coded” the rest of the information.

By: steve88

steve88 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:29:31 +0000

works for me: server 2008 r2

function CreatePrinter {
$server = $args[0]
$print = ([WMICLASS]“\\.\ROOT\cimv2:Win32_Printer”).createInstance()
$print.drivername = $args[1]
$print.PortName = $args[2]
$print.Shared = $true
$print.Published = $true
$print.Sharename = $args[3]
$print.Location = $args[4]
$print.Comment = $args[5]
$print.DeviceID = $args[6]
$print.Put()
}

function CreatePrinterPort {
$server = $args[0]
$port = ([WMICLASS]“\\.\ROOT\cimv2:Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort”).createInstance()
$port.Name= $args[1]
$port.SNMPEnabled=$false
$port.Protocol=1
$port.HostAddress= $args[2]
$port.Put()
}

$printers = Import-Csv “printers.csv”

foreach ($printer in $printers) {
CreatePrinterPort $printer.Printserver $printer.Portname $printer.IPAddress
CreatePrinter $printer.Printserver $printer.Driver $printer.Portname $printer.Sharename $printer.Location $printer.Comment $printer.Printername
}

csv tabs:

Printserver,Driver,Portname,IPAddress,Sharename,Location,Comment,Printername

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:10:54 +0000

Hi guys

I am, having troubles. Help please
function CreatePrinter {
$server = $args[0]
$print = ([WMICLASS]“\\$server\ROOT\cimv2:Win32_Printer”).createInstance()
$print.drivername = “Lexmark Universal PS3″
$print.PortName = “172.30.29.58″
$print.Shared = $true
$print.Sharename = “BNEBCP_HP4250_2″
$print.Location = BCP/Interactive
$print.Comment = “Lexmark Universal PS3″
$print.DeviceID = “BNEBCP_HP4250_2″
$print.Put()
}

By: kosmito

kosmito — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:29:52 +0000

Hi, script worked ok, but how to set “Print spooled documents first” too? When you created printer by wizard it’s set by default, but by script is unchecked.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:27:07 +0000

I have used this script in the past on a Windows 2008 R2 and it has worked…however all printers were configured with their IP address…We have a new site and i was trying to configure the print server before the printers were moved to the site when i run the script it creates one print queue/port and gets stuck….I am a power shell noob….i know the script is waiting for a response from the printer but it’s not there…can anyone offer any advice

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:29:29 +0000

Thank you! This script worked beautifully during a server migration from 2003 x86 to 2008 x64 with about 315 queues. I added another function that calls SetACL.exe (www.sf.net/projects/SetACL) to set perms on each queue since subinacl.exe was being a pain (couldn’t set “manage documents” and “print” permissions at the same time).

By: PGP

PGP — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:22:57 +0000

Hi guys,

The script works fine under Windows 2k8 R2. Just one issue, the csv file must have the following headers:
Printserver,Driver,IPAddress,Portname,Sharename,Location,Comment,Printername

A previous post mentioned the header, nut the IPAddress was missing.

By: Micahel

Micahel — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:38:05 +0000

Seem to have some trouble with it and getting several errors..

Can anyone help me out? Thanks
Cannot convert value “\\\ROOT:Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort” to type “System.Management.ManagementClass”. Error: “Invalid parameter”
At C:\Users\hex\Desktop\Create-Printers.ps1.ps1:41 char:20
+ $port = ([WMICLASS] <<<< "\\$server\ROOT\cimv2:Win32_Printer").createInstance()
+ CategoryInfo: Not Specified: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException