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Dukes
Dukes

Reputation: 363

setting property "print directly to printer"

I have made a script for adding a printer and port to a print server. The server handles the queue's and uses add a queue to start printing. However since the server is quite far from many of the printers i would like to activate the option "Print directly to the printer" (Which is found in, Printer ->Properties -> Advanced)

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What is the PowerShell equivalent for this option? 

$PortName = Read-Host "Name of port : "
$PortIp = Read-Host "IP Adress : "
Add-PrinterPort -Name $PortName -PrinterHostAddress $PortIp
Get-PrinterDriver
Write-Host "---------------------"
$PrintDriver = Read-Host "Print driver :"
if ($PrintDriver.Equals("HP")){ $PrintDriver = "HP Universal Printing PCL 6"}
$PrinterLocation = Read-Host "Location : "
Add-Printer -Name $PortName -DriverName $PrintDriver -Shared -Location $PrinterLocation    -Published -PortName $PortName

I have tried -RenderingMode but i couldnt see that that made any difference

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3192

Answers (1)

tomohulk
tomohulk

Reputation: 612

You can do this with PowerShell and WMI:

$printer = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Printer -Filter "Name = 'PrinterName'"
$printer.Direct = $true
$printer.Put()

Probably should put a try {} catch {} around that as well.

This will also set the SpoolerEnabled (deprecated read only property) and the DoCompleteFirst property both to $false.

http://www.powertheshell.com/reference/wmireference/root/cimv2/win32_printer/

Upvotes: 1

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