In an article I wrote a few months ago, I discussed how to make a Web page for viewing printers via a Web browser.
This way works great, but Jason Miles, systems administrator at Ryder Technical Services, suggested a change to the ASP file that will do the same thing as changing the URL.
Here are my original steps:
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Now, one minor modification to the URL address so you can view all printers on one page.
Change the URL to the following:
http://%servername%/printers/ipp_0001.asp?startid=1&endid=40
Note: %servername% is the name of the print server
The Startid=1 is to start with the first printer in the list.
The Endid=40 is the ending printer to list on this page. This number needs to be larger than the number of printers on this server.
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Jason pointed out modifications to the ipp_0001.asp page that will have the same results, without having to modify the URL.
If you open the ipp_0001.asp using Notepad (or your favorite txt viewer), you will see the following code sample below:
<%@ CODEPAGE=65001 %>
<%
'------------------------------------------------------------
'
' Microsoft Internet Printing Project
'
' Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
'
' Entry page for queue view.
'
'------------------------------------------------------------
option explicit
%>
<!-- #include file = "ipp_util.inc" -- >
<%
Randomize
Response.Expires = 0
Server.ScriptTimeOut = 6000 'Set time out to 10 minites
Const L_Opening_Text = "Opening"
Const L_GetADSI_Message = "Get ADSI Printers"
Const L_AccessDenied_Text = "Access Denied"
Const ADSI_PRINTER_NAME = 1
Const ADSI_PRINTER_LOCATION = 2
Const ADSI_PRINTER_COMMENT = 3
Const ADSI_PRINTER_MODEL = 4
Const ADSI_PRINTER_STATUS = 5
Const ADSI_PRINTER_JOBS = 6
Const ADSI_PRINTER_SHARE = 7
Const ADSI_PRINTER_ACCESS = 8
Const ADSI_PRINTER_ATTRIBUTES = 8
Const PRINTER_ACCESS_DENIED = 0
Const PRINTER_OPENING = 1
Const PRINTER_OK = 2
Const iPrinterLength = 10
If you change the line
Const iPrinterLength = 10 to Const iPrinterLength = X
X is the number of printers you want shown on each page. I suggest changing it to something larger than your current number of printers so you have some room for growth.
I have now changed mine to 40.
I want to thank Jason Miles for this wonderful tip.
Ron is the PC Systems Administrator at MPD, Inc. He is the Administrator for SMS 2.0, SMS 2003, Exchange 2000, Active Directory, Windows 2000 and 2003 Server.
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