Sherry helped me long ago put together a user based printer solution. It’s a two parter… first the script I run via sccm advert with the user’s rights. You could also do this via group policy logon script or whatever… user_printers.vbs (just rename file)
The attached file configurationmof.txt is stuff to add to configuration.mof The attached file userprinters.mof.txt is a shot at what you would need to import into your hardware inventory client area to pull that data Jimmy Martin | ENGINEER-SYSTEMS II | BMHCC - CORPORATE | (901) 227-8209 | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of Baptist.<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sherry Kissinger Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 5:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] Can a users Network Printer be captured for SSRS Reporting 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]<mailto:[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]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Garth Jones Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 4:19 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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? [cid:[email protected]] From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dwayne Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 4:21 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 3:07 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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 [cid:[email protected]] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.com<http://www.us.sogeti.com/> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Mears Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 4:01 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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 [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.cireson.com/> [cid:[email protected]]<http://twitter.com/teamcireson> Check out our System Center App Store: www.cireson.com/app-store ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dwayne Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 2:49 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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. This message and any files transmitted with it may contain legally privileged, confidential, or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not permitted to use, copy, or forward it, in whole or in part without the express consent of the sender. Please notify the sender of the error by reply email, disregard the foregoing messages, and delete it immediately. P Please consider the environment before printing this email...
user_printers.txtvbs
Description: user_printers.txtvbs
//----------------------
// User Printers
//----------------------
#pragma namespace ("\\\\.\\root\\cimv2")
#pragma deleteclass("Win32Reg_UserPrinters",NOFAIL)
[ dynamic,
provider("RegProv"),
ClassContext("local|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\BMHCC\\Printers")
]
class Win32Reg_UserPrinters
{
[key]
string PrinterID;
[PropertyContext("Server")]
string Server;
[PropertyContext("Printer")]
string Printer;
[PropertyContext("ScriptRan")]
string ScriptRan;
[PropertyContext("UserName")]
string UserName;
};
#pragma namespace ("\\\\.\\root\\cimv2")
instance of __Namespace
{
Name = "SMS" ;
};
#pragma namespace ("\\\\.\\root\\cimv2\\SMS")
[ SMS_Report (TRUE),
SMS_Group_Name ("User_Printers"),
SMS_Class_ID ("MICROSOFT|WIN32REG_USERPRINTERS|1.0"),
Namespace ("root\\\\cimv2") ]
class Win32Reg_UserPrinters : SMS_Class_Template
{
[ SMS_Report (TRUE), key ]
String PrinterID;
[ SMS_Report (TRUE) ]
String Printer;
[ SMS_Report (TRUE) ]
String ScriptRan;
[ SMS_Report (TRUE) ]
String Server;
[ SMS_Report (TRUE) ]
String UserName;
};
