strComputer = “.”<\/p>\nSet objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\cimv2”)\nSet colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _\n (“Select * From Win32_Printer Where DeviceID=’\\\\\\\\atl-ps-1\\\\printer1′ “)<\/p>\n
For Each objItem in colItems\n Wscript.Echo objItem.Name\n Wscript.Echo objItem.DriverName\nNext\n<\/PRE>\n
Better than nothing, we suppose, but the name alone doesn\u2019t exactly qualify as \u201cdetails\u201d about the printer driver. If you want detailed information like that, you need to use a script like this one, a script that runs only on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003:<\/P>
strComputer = “.”<\/p>\nSet objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\cimv2”)\nSet colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _\n (“Associators Of {Win32_Printer.DeviceID=’\\\\atl-ps-01\\printer1′} ” _\n & “WHERE AssocClass = Win32_DriverForDevice Role=Antecedent”)<\/p>\n
For Each objItem in colItems\n Wscript.Echo objItem.Name\n Wscript.Echo objItem.DriverPath\nNext\n<\/PRE>\n
What we\u2019re doing here is taking advantage of two new classes that were added to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Although you don\u2019t see it explicitly mentioned in the script, we\u2019re using the new Win32_PrinterDriver<\/B> class to retrieve information about the printer driver; the properties Name<\/B> and DriverPath<\/B> (both echoed in our For Each loop) are properties of the Win32_PrinterDriver class. <\/P>\n
The second class – which is<\/I> explicitly spelled-out in the script – is the Win32_DriverForDevice<\/B> class. This is an association class which, as the name implies, makes an association between two classes; in this case, Win32_DriverForDevice makes an association between a printer in the Win32_Printer<\/B> class and a printer driver in the Win32_PrinterDriver class. To make this association we need to use an Associators Of<\/B> query like this one:<\/P>Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _\n (“Associators Of {Win32_Printer.DeviceID=’\\\\atl-ps-01\\printer1′} ” _\n & “WHERE AssocClass = Win32_DriverForDevice Role=Antecedent”)\n<\/PRE>\nIn plain English (not exactly a Scripting Guys specialty!) this query says, \u201cFor all the printers with the DeviceID \\\\atl-ps-01\\printer1 use the Win32_DriverForDevice class to retrieve all the printer drivers associated with that printer.\u201d <\/P>\n
As usual, the query returns a collection, in this case a collection of all the printer drivers associated with the printer \\\\atl-ps-01\\printer1. In our For Each loop we iterate through the collection and echo back the Name and DriverPath properties. Problem solved.<\/P>\n
That much you could probably figure out for yourself; the query\u2019s a bit odd-looking, but fairly intuitive. Except maybe for one thing: what does Role=Antecedent<\/B> mean? Well, in the wonderful world of WMI an antecedent object is the independent object in a relationship; in other words, you can have all kinds of print drivers, none of which are dependent on a particular printer. However, a printer can have only one print driver, which means the printer plays a Dependent<\/B> role in the relationship. (Yes, it does sound like an episode of Desperate Housewives<\/I>, doesn\u2019t it?) That means with a few tweaks we can flip this script inside-out and have it query the Win32_PrinterDriver class to return the names of all the printers that use a specified driver:<\/P>strComputer = “.”<\/p>\nSet objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\cimv2”)\nSet colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _\n (“Associators Of {Win32_PrinterDriver.Name=’Xerox Document Centre 255 PS,3,Windows NT x86′} ” _\n & “WHERE AssocClass = Win32_DriverForDevice Role=Dependent”)<\/p>\n
For Each objItem in colItems\n Wscript.Echo objItem.DeviceID\nNext\n<\/PRE>\n
Give it a try and see what happens.<\/P>\n
Now, if you\u2019ll excuse us, we have\u2026work\u2026to do\u2026.<\/P>\n
(In case you\u2019re wondering, there\u2019s a reason why there aren\u2019t any books titled The Third-Best and the Third-Brightest<\/I>: third-place isn\u2019t anywhere near as much fun as it might sound!)<\/P>
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