Topic of today is printing.
I have made a script that enumerates all Active Directory published printers.
By adding or removing attributes from arrAttributes you can change the output to your specific needs.

Follow the next steps to run the script (no admin rights needed):

* open your favorite text editor
* copy and paste the script into the editor
* save the script (for example c:\temp\adprinters.vbs)
* open a command prompt
* go to “c:\temp”
* give “cscript adprinters.vbs” (without quotes) and enter

The script:

' Name : adprinters.vbs
' Description : script to enumerate all Active Directory published printers
' Author : dirk adamsky - deludi bv
' Version : 1.00
' Date : 16-03-2010
' Level : intermediate

arrAttributes = Array("name","printerName","location","serverName") 

Set adoCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set adoConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
adoConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
adoCommand.ActiveConnection = adoConnection

Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strBase = "<LDAP://" & objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext") & ">"
Set objRootDSE = Nothing

strFilter = "(objectClass=printQueue)"
strAttributes = Join(arrAttributes,",")
Wscript.Echo Join(arrAttributes,";")
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
adoCommand.CommandText = strQuery
adoCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
adoCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
adoCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
Set adoRecordset = adoCommand.Execute
Do Until adoRecordset.EOF
	On Error Resume Next
	strTempOutput = ""
	For i = 0 To Ubound(arrAttributes)
		strTempOutput =  strTempOutput & " ; " & adoRecordset.Fields(arrAttributes(i)).Value
		strOutput = Mid(Ltrim(strTempOutput),3)
	Next
	Wscript.Echo strOutput
	adoRecordset.MoveNext
Loop
adoRecordset.Close
adoConnection.Close
Set adoRecordset = Nothing
Set adoConnection = Nothing
Set adoCommand = Nothing

Jérémie (see comment below) had a problem with adding the “description” attribute, the reason for the error is that the description attribute is of type “array” or “multi-value”.
I just made an updated version with the description attribute.

The updated script:

' Name : adprinters.vbs
' Description : script to enumerate all Active Directory published printers with description attribute
' Author : dirk adamsky - deludi bv
' Version : 1.00
' Date : 13-07-2011
' Level : intermediate

arrAttributes = Array("name","printerName","location","serverName") 

Set adoCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set adoConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
adoConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
adoCommand.ActiveConnection = adoConnection

Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strBase = "<LDAP://" & objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext") & ">"
Set objRootDSE = Nothing

strFilter = "(objectClass=printQueue)"
strAttributes = Join(arrAttributes,",") & ",description"
Wscript.Echo strAttributes
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
adoCommand.CommandText = strQuery
adoCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
adoCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
adoCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
Set adoRecordset = adoCommand.Execute
Do Until adoRecordset.EOF
	On Error Resume Next
	strTempOutput = ""
	For i = 0 To Ubound(arrAttributes)
		strTempOutput =  strTempOutput & " ; " & adoRecordset.Fields(arrAttributes(i)).Value
		strOutput = Mid(Ltrim(strTempOutput),3)
	Next
	arrDescription = adoRecordset.Fields("description").Value
	For Each strDescription in arrDescription
		Wscript.Echo strOutput & " ; " & strDescription
	Next
	adoRecordset.MoveNext
Loop
adoRecordset.Close
adoConnection.Close
Set adoRecordset = Nothing
Set adoConnection = Nothing
Set adoCommand = Nothing

When you have problems/questions please post a reply, you can also rate the script.

Happy scripting.

Best regards,

Dirk Adamsky – Deludi BV