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#115709 - 2004-03-08 10:25 PM

WMI Install Printer

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Getting the hang of it

Registered: 2003-10-19
Posts: 81
Loc: Beale Air Force Base, CA

Ok I know there are other ways to do this... but this is the way I'm trying to do it.. so close, yet so far.
Code:

$strComputer = "."
$objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" + "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" + $strComputer + "\root\cimv2")
$objPrinter = 'objWMIService.Get("Win32_Printer").SpawnInstance'
$objPrinter.DriverName = "HP Color LaserJet 4550 PCL 6"
$objPrinter.PortName = "IP_127.0.0.1"
$objPrinter.DeviceID = "ScriptedPrinter"
$objPrinter.Location = "Net Admin"
$objPrinter.Network = "True"
$objPrinter.Shared = "True"
$objPrinter.ShareName = "ScriptedPrinter"
$objPrinter.Put

Everything seems to work fine up until $objPrinter.Put, which returns an error 6 "The handle is invalid.".

What am I doing wrong?

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#115710 - 2004-03-08 10:54 PM Re: WMI Install Printer
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Why not use the internal KiXtart - ADDPRINTERCONNECTION, SETDEFAULTPRINTER? Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#115711 - 2004-03-08 11:04 PM Re: WMI Install Printer
Everyone Everyone Getting the hang of it Registered: 2003-10-19 Posts: 81 Loc: Beale Air Force Base, CA	Because that doesn't create/use a TCP/IP printer port. Only uses a shared printer. Also I mostly want to figure out if I'm doing something wrong converting my WMI into Kix..
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#115712 - 2004-03-08 11:27 PM Re: WMI Install Printer
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	See http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/prnport.mspx for a WMI-VBS way to create a printer port. You should also read the WMI documentation! Quote: Windows 2000 and earlier: Instances of Win32_Printer are read-only. Put operations fail with a WBEM_E_PROVIDER_NOT_CAPABLE (wbemErrProviderNotCapable in the scripting API) error (0x80041024). http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_printer.asp Edited by sealeopard (2004-03-08 11:29 PM) _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#115713 - 2004-03-08 11:49 PM Re: WMI Install Printer
Everyone Everyone Getting the hang of it Registered: 2003-10-19 Posts: 81 Loc: Beale Air Force Base, CA	Going off of info from here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/printing/scrprn19.mspx It is a Windows XP workstation. I am trying to run it on, was trying to convert the WMI VBScript into Kix.
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#115714 - 2004-03-09 05:24 AM Re: WMI Install Printer
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	You're missing the underscore in .PUT_ _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#115715 - 2004-03-09 06:17 AM Re: WMI Install Printer
Everyone Everyone Getting the hang of it Registered: 2003-10-19 Posts: 81 Loc: Beale Air Force Base, CA	Yes, I also took the underscore off after "winmgmts:", and .Spawninstance . Not sure what the underscore is used for in the VBScript code.. got all kinds of errors with it when I left it in trying to convert it to kixtart. I've takrn the underscore off on some VBScript WMI queries that I've converted to Kixtart to make it work before.
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