Detecting the presence of a printer on a server

[Slarti]

I'm trying to confirm the presence of a printer on a server. I have an array of servers and intend looping through them using a function such as FileExists to identify where the printer is. Is there such a function as PrinterExists and if so what references do I need?

TY.

 

[TysonLPrice]

I use this. In this example I'm looking for a printer called TPA.

For Each prn In Printers
If prn.DeviceName Like "*TPA*" Then
Set Printer = prn
Exit For
End If
Next

That will give you:

prn.DriverName
prn.DeviceName
prn.Port

 

[Slarti]

Thanks TysonLPrice that's certainly helped. However it only checks the printers set up on my base. I'm on a base on one server but have access to 15 or so servers that I'd like to search for a printer regardless of whether it's set up on my base or not.

 

[bjd4jc]

You will need to enumerate all of the printers on each server to do this. Check into the WNetOpenEnum and WNetEnumResource API's to get you started.

I know I've seen examples right here in this forum before. See thread222-47242 for starters.