Check if the network printer is connected (VBScript)

Introduction

This VBScript will list the status of network printer and whether the printer connection is connected.

Scenarios

In a real word, office environment are always changing, users have been using the network for a long time. Many users will encounter some printer problems, but not all of the print problems are user related, sometime some problems from printer itself, especially the printers were offline. IT helpdesk always take a lot of time on it.

Script

Step 1: Step 1: Click Start, type cmd in the search box on the Start Menu, right-click the cmd.exe icon, and then click Run as administrator. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.

Step 2: Run this VBScript with cscript in the Windows Console (type the path of the script at the command prompt)

The step is shown in the following figure.

When the script finishes running, it will spawn a window that displays brief information about the result.

Here are some code snippets for your references.

- VBScript code snippet -
 
For Each objPrinter in colPrinters
 PrinterPath = objPrinter.Name
 
 If IsEmpty(PrinterPath) Then
 WScript.Echo "Failed to find printer, please check your printer service 'Spooler' is running."
 Else
 WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection PrinterPath
 
 If Err.Number = 0 Then
 PrinterStatus = "Connected"
 Else 
 PrinterStatus = "Unconnected"
 End If
 
 WScript.Echo "Name :" & vbTab & PrinterPath & vbCrLf & "Conneted Status : " & PrinterStatus 
 End If
Next
 
- end -

Prerequisite

Windows XP or higher version