en Passant

Expanding on my code to query single printer information, I found I could pull all networked printers from Active Directory(AD). This will help in cleaning up the naming standard for all our printers. Hopefully making DNS cleaner by using a single standard for host(A) records. Final file is written to c:\printer-info.csv. The attached script will return the following:

• Printer name
• Server name - where hosted
• Port - name of printer port (local or network)
• Share name
• Host address (what the port points to) - requires Windows 2003 or XP print server
• Protocol (RAW or LPT) - requires Windows 2003 or XP print server
• RAW Port (if using RAW) - requires Windows 2003 or XP print server
• SNMP Community (if enabled) - requires Windows 2003 or XP print server
• Host Name - as pulled from DNS - requires IP Address, captured in Host Address field Windows 2003 or XP print server

To get the script to run, you will need to modify this line (#19) to match your current environment.

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