This is not the solution, but is part of an idea to get you partly there to a solution.
http://www.mnscug.org/blogs/sherry-kissinger/249-pstfinder That routine is to make a local wmi class which your users can write to. That way, a script run in user context can populate wmi which you can grab with a hinv edit, no configuration.mof change needed. If you need help getting it all to work, let me know. I don't have anything tested, but it shouldn't be too horrid to make it work. Dwayne <[email protected]> wrote: >What a tease.. Microsoft puts the table there, but no easy way to >populate >it..(with Network Printer, i.e. ServerName, ServerShare) I'm thinking >a >vbs script to capture network Printer, Pkg the script, deploy it, and >use >it in conjunction with a modified configuration.mof and or a custom >inventory .MOF to populate this table.. ?? I think the caveat will >be >the Network Printer is tied to a user profile and not the machine per >se' > >Dwayne Hebert > > >cid:[email protected] > >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Garth Jones >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 4:19 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [mssms] Can a users Network Printer be captured for SSRS >Reporting > >The Win32_Printers class will only pull local printers (Ports such as >LPT, >PRN, COM, IP, etc.) or mapped printers for the computer. You will need >to >use a scrip to pull user printers. There has been rumors of another >class >that will give you this details but I have yet to find it or confirm >the >rumor. > >Notice that in the screenshot that I have mapped a printer as me on >SCCMR2 >server, now notice within the Wbemtest launched as the system account >the >printer is not listed. But also notice the Bother HL-4150CDN, that is >a >network printer using IP port. So the question become what are you >looking >for? IP Printers or Network printers? > > > > > >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Dwayne >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 4:21 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [mssms] Can a users Network Printer be captured for SSRS >Reporting > >Cool.. thanks Christopher it certainly is the easiest and probably the >obvious way.. Glad to hear it pulled the network printers.. Again I >was >under the impression it was for local printers only, and in our >environment >(SCCM 2012) we had not had that enabled. > >Dwayne Hebert > >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of [email protected] >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 3:07 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [mssms] Can a users Network Printer be captured for SSRS >Reporting > >I was able to get that printer report to show network mapped printers >without issue. >Enable the hardware classes for printers and wait for the devices to >start >reporting in. > >I did this at a former employer so I unfortunately do not have access >to the >environment anymore. > >Christopher Catlett >Consultant | Detroit >MCTS_2013_small > >Sogeti USA >Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 >26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 > <http://www.us.sogeti.com/> www.us.sogeti.com > >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Mark Mears >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 4:01 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [mssms] Can a users Network Printer be captured for SSRS >Reporting > >In order for a user to use a printer, any printer, they have to have a >driver installed. I would think you could query for a driver that has >a >device associated with it. > > >Thanks, > _____ > > > >Mark Mears >[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]%0d> >Phone: (757) 945-2651 > > <http://www.cireson.com/> cid:[email protected] > > ><http://twitter.com/teamcireson> cid:[email protected] >Check >out our System Center App Store: www.cireson.com/app-store > > > _____ > > > >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Dwayne >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 2:49 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [mssms] Can a users Network Printer be captured for SSRS >Reporting > >Greetings, >Has anyone been able to capture a user's network Printer info, and been >able to somehow create a DB table with that info to use in SSRS >Reporting.. >I know under default client hardware Inventory "Set Classes" there is a >"Printer Configuration", but I believe It's only used for Local >Printers.. >Since a Network printer would follow someone's user Profile, is there a >way >to collect that and somehow create a new Hardware Inventory Class to >use in >Reporting? > >Thanks for any input > >Dwayne Hebert.. > > > > > > > -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
