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<p>In case anybody is interested, i have completed my rough implementation of a Windows Print Server Monitoring VBS Script that will create and populate a column in BB.<br>
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It might be able to be written a little cleaner or shorter but hey, im no VBS expert...<br>
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Use freely....<br>
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Option Explicit<br>
On Error Resume Next<br>
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Dim colour, bbdelay, strDetail, strDetailAll<br>
Dim WindowsShell, objWMIService, colInstalledPrinters, BBConfigExtPath, objPrinter<br>
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'Name of test column in BB<br>
Const BBTestName = "print"<br>
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strDetail = ""<br>
strDetailAll = ""<br>
colour = "green"<br>
bbdelay = "+27"<br>
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'Complete path to the BB TMP Directory<br>
BBConfigExtPath = "c:\Program Files\BBWin\tmp"<br>
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Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")<br>
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'WMI Query<br>
Set colInstalledPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select PortName,Location,Status,DetectedErrorState,Name from Win32_Printer")<br>
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'WMI Query Restriction<br>
'If you want to not include things such as Microsoft XPS Writer or Adobe PDF Printer, put a where clause in the query above<br>
'Example (where Name != 'Microsoft XPS Document Writer') - != means NOT EQUAL<br>
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For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters<br>
'If objPrinter.Status = "Degraded" Then<br>
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If objPrinter.DetectedErrorState = "9" Then<br>
strDetail = "&red" & " " & objPrinter.Name & " is OFFLINE" & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
strDetailAll = "<tr><td>&red " & objPrinter.Name & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.PortName & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.Location & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll<br>
colour = "red"<br>
ElseIf objPrinter.DetectedErrorState = "6" Then<br>
strDetail = "&red" & " " & objPrinter.Name & " has NO TONER" & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
strDetailAll = "<tr><td>&red " & objPrinter.Name & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.PortName & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.Location & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll<br>
colour = "red"<br>
ElseIf objPrinter.DetectedErrorState = "4" Then<br>
strDetail = "&red" & " " & objPrinter.Name & " has NO PAPER" & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
strDetailAll = "<tr><td>&red " & objPrinter.Name & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.PortName & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.Location & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll<br>
colour = "red"<br>
ElseIf objPrinter.DetectedErrorState = "8" Then<br>
strDetail = "&red" & " " & objPrinter.Name & " is JAMMED" & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
strDetailAll = "<tr><td>&red " & objPrinter.Name & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.PortName & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.Location & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll<br>
colour = "red"<br>
ElseIf objPrinter.DetectedErrorState = "10" Then<br>
strDetail = "&red" & " " & objPrinter.Name & " is Requesting Service" & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
strDetailAll = "<tr><td>&red " & objPrinter.Name & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.PortName & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.Location & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll<br>
colour = "red"<br>
ElseIf objPrinter.DetectedErrorState = "11" Then<br>
strDetail = "&red" & " " & objPrinter.Name & " shows OUTPUT BIN IS FULL" & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
strDetailAll = "<tr><td>&red " & objPrinter.Name & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.PortName & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.Location & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll<br>
colour = "red"<br>
ElseIf objPrinter.DetectedErrorState = "0" Then<br>
strDetailAll = "<tr><td>&green " & objPrinter.Name & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.PortName & "</td><td>" & objPrinter.Location & "</td></tr>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll<br>
End If<br>
'End IF<br>
Next<br>
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Set colInstalledPrinters = Nothing<br>
Set objWMIService = Nothing<br>
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StartDetailBuild()<br>
SetPrintFinalStatus()<br>
GetBBPath()<br>
WriteFile()<br>
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Sub StartDetailBuild()<br>
IF colour = "red" then <br>
strDetail = "&red Printer Status:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
ElseIf colour = "green" then<br>
strDetail = "&green Printer Status: All Printers are Online and Operational" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
End If<br>
End Sub<br>
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Sub SetPrintFinalStatus()<br>
Select Case colour<br>
Case "red"<br>
strDetail = "red" & bbdelay & " " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
Case "yellow"<br>
strDetail = "yellow" & bbdelay & " " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
Case "green"<br>
strDetail = "green" & bbdelay & " " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strDetail & vbCrLf<br>
End Select<br>
End Sub<br>
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Sub GetBBPath()<br>
Set WindowsShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")<br>
If IsObject(WindowsShell) Then Set WindowsShell = Nothing<br>
End Sub<br>
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Sub WriteFile()<br>
Dim oFSO, oFile<br>
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") <br>
Set oFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(BBConfigExtPath & "\" & BBTestName , 8 , TRUE)<br>
oFile.Write strDetail<br>
oFile.Write "<table>" & vbCrLf & strDetailAll & vbCrLf & "</table>"<br>
oFile.Close<br>
If IsObject(oFSO) Then Set oFSO = Nothing<br>
End Sub</body></html>