Windows XP in a Nutshell

Network Printer-Related Functions

WSH provides access to connected network printers in a similar fashion to network drives. You can enumerate (list), add, and remove network printer connections. The network printers are connected to a specified printer port, such as LPT1.

Warning

These connected printers are not the same as printers added using Control Panel settings, so they are not accessible to Windows applications and are therefore of limited use. The SetDefaultPrinter method uses the Control Panel printer settings. Future versions of WSH will support manipulation of Windows printers.

EnumPrinterConnections

The EnumPrinterConnections method returns a special WSH collection with a format similar to the one described for the EnumNetworkDrives method. It lists the printer port and connected network printer information.

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
Set objPrinters = objNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections(  )
'loop through and display all connected printers
For nF = 0 To objPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2
    Debug.Print objPrinters(nF) & _
            " is connected to " & objPrinters(nF + 1)
Next

AddPrinterConnection

The AddPrinterConnection method connects a port to a specified shared network printer.

objNetwork.AddPrinterConnection(strPrinterPort, strRemoteName, _
       [bUpdateProfile], [bUserName], [bPassword])

Table 9-17 lists the parameters for the AddPrinterConnection method.

Table 9-17. AddPrinterConnection parameters

Parameter	Description
strPrinterPort	Local drive letter to ...