default printer and location 1

[Fursten]

Hi,

Can someone tell me how can I get the default printer and location using javascript.

Thank you

 

[cLFlaVA]

Not easily. You could possibly create an ActiveX control. Search for printer in this forum, you should get a lot of answers back.

*cLFlaVA
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[tsuji]

Hello Fursten,

In wsh script .js and for the local box, it is something like this.

var bFound=false;
var shost=".";
var svc=GetObject("WinMgmts:\\\\"+shost+"\\root\\cimv2");
var squery="select name, attributes, location from win32_printer";
var cprtr=svc.ExecQuery(squery);
var e=new Enumerator(cprtr);
for (;!e.atEnd();e.moveNext()) {
	if ((e.item().attributes & 4) == 4) {
		//location can be null meaning unknown
		WScript.Echo ("Default printer : " + e.item().name + "\n" + "Printer location : " + e.item().location);
		e.moveLast;
		bFound = true;
	}
}
if (!bFound) WScript.Echo ("Default printer not found.")

Make its way to html may encounter security problem. If you transcribe it to .hta file, it should do with WScript.Echo() being replaced by alert() or document.write according to the setting.

regards - tsuji