Changeing preferences on network printer queue with Powershell

Question

Hi,
I found a script on this page - http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/878e6bac-e2a1-4502-9333-5b1420f8b957 - that I am trying to adapt to work on my users computers and not only on servers. But I can't seem to figure out how to get a reference
to the network attached printers and change their preferences on the computer, the script only get the local ones.
The goal is to use only a portion of the script as a logon script for some users that need onesided printing as default.
param ($ChangeProp)
$host.Runspace.ThreadOptions = "ReuseThread"
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Printing
$permissions = [System.Printing.PrintSystemDesiredAccess]::AdministrateServer
$queueperms = [System.Printing.PrintSystemDesiredAccess]::AdministratePrinter
$server = new-object System.Printing.PrintServer -argumentList $permissions
$queues = $server.GetPrintQueues()
function SetProp($capability, $property, $enumeration)
if ($PrintCaps.$capability.Contains($property))
$q2.DefaultPrintTicket.$enumeration = $property
$q2.commit()
write-host ($q.Name +" is now configured for " + $property)
write-host (" ")
else
write-host ($q.Name +" does not support " + $property)
write-host (" ")
try {
foreach ($q in $queues)
#Get edit Permissions on the Queue
$q2 = new-object System.Printing.PrintQueue -argumentList $server,$q.Name,1,$queueperms
# Get Capabilities Object for the Print Queue
$PrintCaps = $q2.GetPrintCapabilities()
switch ($ChangeProp)
{$_ -eq "twosided"}
SetProp DuplexingCapability TwoSidedLongEdge Duplexing
break
{$_ -eq "onesided"}
SetProp DuplexingCapability onesided Duplexing
break
{$_ -eq "mono"}
SetProp OutputColorCapability monochrome OutputColor
break
{$_ -eq "color"}
SetProp OutputColorCapability color OutputColor
break
{$_ -eq "staple"}
SetProp StaplingCapability StapleTopLeft Stapling
break
{$_ -eq "show"}
$DefaultTicket = $q2.DefaultPrintTicket
$TicketProps = $DefaultTicket | Get-Member -MemberType Property
write-host (" ")
write-host ($q.name)
foreach ($p in $TicketProps)
$PName = $p.name
$PropValue = $DefaultTicket.$PName
write-host ($p.name + " = " + $PropValue)
default
Write-Host ("$_ is not a valid parameter")
exit
catch [System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException]
write-host ("Exception: " + $_.Exception.GetType().FullName)
write-host $_.Exception.Message

Answer 1

Ok, I want to run this (some...) script on a users computer, not on a server, to be able to change their printer preferences. In this case, a network attached printer with duplex default from the server would get simplex as default.
We don't want to set up different queues on the server for different default settings. That's why we are trying with a script.
Running your script against my computer gets me (trimmed down a bit):
Get-ServerQueues -server it228d
InPartialTrust : False
ClientPrintSchemaVersion : 1
IsXpsDevice :
IsPublished : False
IsRawOnlyEnabled : False
IsBidiEnabled : False
ScheduleCompletedJobsFirst : True
KeepPrintedJobs : False
IsDevQueryEnabled : False
IsHidden : False
IsShared : False
IsDirect : False
IsQueued : False
QueueAttributes : 528
QueueStatus :
FullName : \\it228d\Skicka till OneNote 2010
HostingPrintServer : System.Printing.PrintServer
QueuePrintProcessor : System.Printing.PrintProcessor
QueuePort : System.Printing.PrintPort
QueueDriver : System.Printing.PrintDriver
DefaultPrintTicket :
UserPrintTicket :
SeparatorFile :
Description : \\it228d\Skicka till OneNote 2010,Send To Microsoft OneNote 2010 Driv
er,
Location :
Comment :
ShareName :
NumberOfJobs :
AveragePagesPerMinute :
UntilTimeOfDay : 60
StartTimeOfDay : 60
DefaultPriority :
Name : Skicka till OneNote 2010
Priority : 1
CurrentJobSettings :
PrintingIsCancelled : False
Parent :
PropertiesCollection : {UserPrintTicket, IsXpsEnabled, Description, Name...}
InPartialTrust : False
ClientPrintSchemaVersion : 1
IsXpsDevice : False
IsPublished : False
HasToner : True
IsTonerLow : False
IsWarmingUp : False
IsInitializing : False
IsProcessing : False
IsWaiting : False
IsNotAvailable : False
IsOutputBinFull : False
IsPrinting : False
IsBusy : False
IsIOActive : False
IsOffline : False
HasPaperProblem : False
IsManualFeedRequired : False
IsOutOfPaper : False
IsPaperJammed : False
IsPendingDeletion : False
IsInError : False
IsPaused : False
QueueAttributes : 16
QueueStatus : None
FullName : \\it228d\PDFCreator
HostingPrintServer : System.Printing.PrintServer
QueuePrintProcessor : System.Printing.PrintProcessor
QueuePort : System.Printing.PrintPort
QueueDriver : System.Printing.PrintDriver
DefaultPrintTicket : System.Printing.PrintTicket
UserPrintTicket : System.Printing.PrintTicket
SeparatorFile :
Description : \\it228d\PDFCreator,PDFCreator,
Location :
Comment : eDoc Printer
ShareName : PDFCreator
NumberOfJobs : 0
AveragePagesPerMinute : 0
UntilTimeOfDay : 60
StartTimeOfDay : 60
DefaultPriority : 1
Name : PDFCreator
Priority : 1
CurrentJobSettings : System.Printing.PrintJobSettings
PrintingIsCancelled : False
Parent :
PropertiesCollection : {UserPrintTicket, IsXpsEnabled, Description, Name...}
InPartialTrust : False
ClientPrintSchemaVersion : 1
IsXpsDevice : False
IsPublished : False
IsRawOnlyEnabled : False
IsBidiEnabled : False
ScheduleCompletedJobsFirst : True
KeepPrintedJobs : False
IsDevQueryEnabled : False
IsPendingDeletion : False
IsInError : False
IsPaused : False
QueueAttributes : 528
QueueStatus : None
FullName : \\it228d\Microsoft XPS Document Writer
HostingPrintServer : System.Printing.PrintServer
QueuePrintProcessor : System.Printing.PrintProcessor
QueuePort : System.Printing.PrintPort
QueueDriver : System.Printing.PrintDriver
DefaultPrintTicket : System.Printing.PrintTicket
UserPrintTicket : System.Printing.PrintTicket
SeparatorFile :
Description : \\it228d\Microsoft XPS Document Writer,Microsoft XPS Document Writer,
Location :
Comment :
ShareName :
NumberOfJobs : 0
AveragePagesPerMinute : 0
UntilTimeOfDay : 60
StartTimeOfDay : 60
DefaultPriority : 0
Name : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Priority : 1
CurrentJobSettings : System.Printing.PrintJobSettings
PrintingIsCancelled : False
Parent :
PropertiesCollection : {UserPrintTicket, IsXpsEnabled, Description, Name...}
But on my computer I have four network printers that is not listed. And those are the ones I want to change the preferences on. Is there a way to do this?