Because printer names must be unique, the returned collection will consist of, at most, a single item. We set up a For Each loop to loop through the collection, and then use this line of code to rename the printer:<\/P>
objPrinter.RenamePrinter(“ArtDepartmentPrinter”)\n<\/PRE>\nAll we do here is call the RenamePrinter method, passing as the sole parameter the new name to be given to the printer. That\u2019s it; because we\u2019re calling a method rather than changing the value of a read\/write property we don\u2019t even need to use the Put_ method to save the changes.<\/P>\n
As long as you\u2019re changing the name of the printer you might want to change the share name as well. This can be done by changing the printer name, then connecting to the \u201cnew\u201d printer and modifying the ShareName<\/B> property. Note that you can change the share name even if the printer isn\u2019t currently being shared.<\/P>\n
Here\u2019s a revised script that changes the printer name and then changes the share name:<\/P>
strComputer = “.”\nSet objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\cimv2”)<\/p>\nSet colPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _\n (“Select * From Win32_Printer Where DeviceID = ‘HP'”)<\/p>\n
For Each objPrinter in colPrinters\n objPrinter.RenamePrinter(“ArtDepartmentPrinter”)\nNext<\/p>\n
Set colPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _\n (“Select * From Win32_Printer Where DeviceID = ‘ArtDepartmentPrinter’ “)<\/p>\n
For Each objPrinter in colPrinters\n objPrinter.ShareName = “ArtDepartmentPrinter”\n objPrinter.Put_\nNext\n<\/PRE>\n
As you can see, after we change the printer name we then use this line of code to re-connect to the printer, this time using the new name, ArtDepartmentPrinter:<\/P>
Set colPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _\n (“Select * From Win32_Printer Where DeviceID = ‘ArtDepartmentPrinter’ “)\n<\/PRE>\nWe set up a For Each loop to loop through the collection of printers (again, there will be only one item in that collection). Inside that loop we change the value of the ShareName property and then call the Put_<\/B> method to save those changes. (As we implied earlier, any time you change the value of a read\/write property you need to call the Put_ method in order to save those changes.) That gives us a printer with a new name, a new share name, and, no doubt, a whole new outlook on life.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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