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#45966 - 2003-09-24 03:02 AM Capture Network Printouts
John John Fresh Scripter Registered: 2001-09-27 Posts: 38 Loc: Canada	Ive been asked if there is a script or utility which will do the following: Capture a printout from a win2k workstation and redirect it to a specific network printer based on the number of pages... example: User prints to a network printer but since the number of pages is 25 pages or greater it gets automatically redirected to a another network printer... Any suggestions or leads would be greatly appreciated... thanks John
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#45967 - 2003-09-24 03:43 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11631 Loc: CA	hmmm... odd request, but hey maybe someone has the answer. Please answer these questions though to help. Since the script would need to count the pages first you would need to know what application. Please list: 1. Application used to print doucments 2. Version of KiXtart 3. NT/AD Server 4. Are ALL Workstations Win2k It might be possible to somehow intercept the print que but I'm not sure but there are some guys around here that mess a lot with printing tasks.
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#45968 - 2003-09-24 03:53 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Excuse the VBS, but I'm too lazy to translate to KiX. Just wanted to show that WMI should expose the printjob properties. No Idea how you would intercept and redirect it though. On Error Resume Next strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_PrintJob",,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo "DataType: " & objItem.DataType Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description Wscript.Echo "Document: " & objItem.Document Wscript.Echo "DriverName: " & objItem.DriverName Wscript.Echo "ElapsedTime: " & objItem.ElapsedTime Wscript.Echo "HostPrintQueue: " & objItem.HostPrintQueue Wscript.Echo "InstallDate: " & objItem.InstallDate Wscript.Echo "JobId: " & objItem.JobId Wscript.Echo "JobStatus: " & objItem.JobStatus Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name Wscript.Echo "Notify: " & objItem.Notify Wscript.Echo "Owner: " & objItem.Owner Wscript.Echo "PagesPrinted: " & objItem.PagesPrinted Wscript.Echo "Parameters: " & objItem.Parameters Wscript.Echo "PrintProcessor: " & objItem.PrintProcessor Wscript.Echo "Priority: " & objItem.Priority Wscript.Echo "Size: " & objItem.Size Wscript.Echo "StartTime: " & objItem.StartTime Wscript.Echo "Status: " & objItem.Status Wscript.Echo "StatusMask: " & objItem.StatusMask Wscript.Echo "TimeSubmitted: " & objItem.TimeSubmitted Wscript.Echo "TotalPages: " & objItem.TotalPages Wscript.Echo "UntilTime: " & objItem.UntilTime Next _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#45969 - 2003-09-24 03:55 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
John John Fresh Scripter Registered: 2001-09-27 Posts: 38 Loc: Canada	Thank you for your quick response... All workstations are win2k and printing to win2k print server in a Domain enviroment..Most or all of the applications would be office 2000, 90 percent of the prints would be coming from Word.. This is a bit of a odd request but i can see many advantages to this, if its possible... Thank you in advance... Cheers John
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#45970 - 2003-09-24 04:04 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Rather than hijaak the printjobs, I would just tattle on the users and spam them with SendMessage() to use the other printer. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#45971 - 2003-09-24 04:14 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
John John Fresh Scripter Registered: 2001-09-27 Posts: 38 Loc: Canada	I solution has to be seamless with no user intervention... The VB script is perfect, now the question is how do we intercept the print job once the user hits that print button... Cheers John
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#45972 - 2003-09-24 04:18 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	I can't see this being well received. If the printjob gets redirected with no user interaction, the users will not know their job was hijaacked and will probably reprint plus, they would never learn to send big jobs to a different printer. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#45973 - 2003-09-24 04:33 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
John John Fresh Scripter Registered: 2001-09-27 Posts: 38 Loc: Canada	I understand your train of thought and you do bring up a good point but the goal is to automate this procedure and possibly include print load balancing.. John
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#45974 - 2003-09-24 04:36 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	I think the OS supports print load balancing. Obviously the printers need to be identical and side-by-side so users can find their jobs. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#45975 - 2003-09-24 07:30 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Here you go.. Converted code (untested). $strComputer = "." $objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" + $strComputer + "\root\cimv2") $colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery(*"Select from Win32_PrintJob",,48) For Each $objItem in $colItems ?"Caption: " + $objItem.Caption ?"DataType: " + $objItem.DataType ?"Description: " + $objItem.Description ?"Document: " + $objItem.Document ?"DriverName: " + $objItem.DriverName ?"ElapsedTime: " + $objItem.ElapsedTime ?"HostPrintQueue: " + $objItem.HostPrintQueue ?"InstallDate: " + $objItem.InstallDate ?"JobId: " + $objItem.JobId ?"JobStatus: " + $objItem.JobStatus ?"Name: " + $objItem.Name ?"Notify: " + $objItem.Notify ?"Owner: " + $objItem.Owner ?"PagesPrinted: " + $objItem.PagesPrinted ?"Parameters: " + $objItem.Parameters ?"PrintProcessor: " + $objItem.PrintProcessor ?"Priority: " + $objItem.Priority ?"Size: " + $objItem.Size ?"StartTime: " + $objItem.StartTime ?"Status: " + $objItem.Status ?"StatusMask: " + $objItem.StatusMask ?"TimeSubmitted: " + $objItem.TimeSubmitted ?"TotalPages: " + $objItem.TotalPages ?"UntilTime: "** + $objItem.UntilTime Next HTH, Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#45976 - 2003-09-24 10:21 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Here's one method. Create a dummy printer queue, which always has printing suspended. Poll the queue every x minutes, and if a job arrives which is under the maximum page count move it to the users local printer, otherwise move the job to the high capacity printer. I'm assuming that there is a scriptable "move print job" call The problem with this is that the dummy printer, local printer and high capacity printer will all need to use the same printer driver. Another method would be to change the printer port used for each print job, but I can see quite a few problems with controlling that one.
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#45977 - 2003-09-25 12:18 AM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Co Co MM club member Registered: 2000-11-20 Posts: 1342 Loc: NL	I never have worked with this application but it does what you want: "Load Balancing APM can also be used for load balancing. You can move jobs to another printer when a certain number of documents or a specific byte size has been reached." Print Queue Manager _________________________ Co
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#45978 - 2003-09-24 05:18 PM Re: Capture Network Printouts
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	You could also use "Printer Pooling" which is kind-of load-balancing. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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