printer ports

[Bryan]

I would like to get a report off from our NT servers of printer port details - ip address, printer name, share name

any clues how to get this info out to a text file?

thanks

[Bryan]

Thanks Leif

DEFPRINT might just be enough - minor irritation that it has to be run on each server rather than from a workstation.

I'd been looking at the various .VBS that come with win 2k resource kit but none seem to give all I want and not all will run against an NT server and to be honest I'm not up to amending them!

thanks again

[JohnGray]

RMTSHARE will give you information about shares, among which will be the printer shares (if defined on the (remote) server). It may not give you all you want, though...

That's a good tip for setting the Default Windows printer - thanks, Leif! I'll have to compare it with CON2PRT, which we have used for years...

[Leif]

DefPrint has been a lifesaver to me. Our accounts package does not have a 'printer setup' ability - I have two desktop shortcuts to batch files that allow me to switch the default to my HPLJ or to Acrobat on the fly. (The alternative being Start > Settings > Printers, etc.)

[JohnGray]

Leif

I've just had a go at getting DEFPRINT from www.tardis.ed.ac.uk, but the original contents appear to have been lost. I downloaded my version on 22 Nov 2001 and DEFPRINT.EXE itself is v0.90, 06/09/1999, 30208 bytes - is yours the same?

John

[Leif]

XP is not letting me see the version number, but I can confirm a 'modified' date of 06-09-1999 and a size of 30,208.
I'm not sure what has happened to the original source site - I believe it is still downloadable from JSI.

[JohnGray]

Ah - but that's exactly where JSI used to get it from! It seems your version is the same as mine, I will stand down from Panic Mode!

I showed your "ATM Instructions" to my partner and she was <big><big><font color=red><font face="EraserDust">NOT AMUSED</font face=dust></font color=red></big></big>! <img src=/S/duck.gif border=0 alt=duck width=23 height=23>

[Leif]

Not exactly what it was designed for and maybe not informative enough, but defprint can be used to produce a report on printers.<pre>defprint /p > crinters.txt</pre>

produces a text file.

[Leif]

You are right! - I thought JSI were offering their own copy.

OK - I've updated my link above to John Savill's windows2000faq site which does offer a download directly.


I'm not surprised she didn't find it amusing. They're quite serious instructions, aren't they?

[Bryan]

I've just found a utility called exporter (typically when I was looking for something else) that reports out on a bundle of stuff including printer ports/names/shares etc

takes a bit of <img src=/S/rtfm.gif border=0 alt=rtfm width=24 height=23> but is worth having - certainly gives me what I'm wanting here.

thanks again all

[JohnGray]

John Savill's DEFPRINT.ZIP matches the one I have.

It's difficult to know what to do in this area,

1. <LI>give a link to a website file (advantage - should always point to the latest version; disadvantage - file (or website!) may be pulled [witness the Microsoft Free TrueType Core Fonts for the Web]), or
   <LI>grab the file (advantage - always available; disadvantage - won't be automatically updated)

So many decisions! <img src=/S/hairout.gif border=0 alt=hairout width=31 height=23>