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Printer Health Check Up Report

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Team requested for a script which monitors the Network Printers. This is to avoid calls to Service Desk for paper, toner etc..,

This script is done for team one who monitors the printers across the networks. This report will provide you the below status

  1. Printer Full Name
  2. Location (Provided if its updated in comment or in Location)
  3. Description of the Printer
  4. Identifies the Paper Problem
  5. Check Toner Status
  6. Check Toner Availability
  7. Printer Door Issues
  8. Availability
  9. Power Saving Mode
  10. Queue Status
  11. Any Error Mode
  12. Out Of Paper
  13. Any User Intervention Required?
  14. Paper Jam
  15. Number of Jobs

Team can execute the report before business day and avoid operational tickets. You can customize the script as per your requirement

Note: I opted .NET class to fetch printer information

Code

Function Get-PrinterInformation{ 
 
[cmdletBinding()] 
param( 
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
                   ValueFromPipeline=$true, 
                   ValueFromPipelinebypropertyName=$true, 
                   helpmessage="Provide Print Server Name")] 
        [String[]]$PrintServerName, 
 
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
                   ValueFromPipeline=$true, 
                   ValueFromPipelinebypropertyName=$true, 
                   helpmessage="Provide Printer Name")] 
        [String[]]$PrinterName 
        ) 
 
 
BEGIN {} 
PROCESS { 
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.printing 
$PrintServer = New-Object System.Printing.PrintServer("\\$($PrintServerName)") 
foreach($printer in $PrinterName){ 
$printerinformation = $PrintServer.GetPrintQueue($printer) 
$property = @{'Printer Name' = $printer; 
              'Printer Full Name' = $printerinformation.FullName; 
              'Location' = $printerinformation.Comment; 
              'Description' = $printerinformation.Description; 
              'Paper Problem'= $printerinformation.HasPaperProblem; 
              'Toner Available' = $printerinformation.HasToner; 
              'Door Issues' = $printerinformation.IsDoorOpened; 
              'Is Not Available'= $printerinformation.IsNotAvailable; 
              'Is PowerSaver On' = $printerinformation.IsPowerSaveOn; 
              'Is Toner Low' = $printerinformation.IsTonerLow; 
              'Queue Status' = $printerinformation.QueueStatus; 
              'Is in Error' = $printerinformation.IsInError; 
              'Is Manual Feed Required' = $printerinformation.IsManualFeedRequired; 
              'Is Out Of Paper' = $printerinformation.IsOutOfPaper; 
              'Need Intervention' = $printerinformation.NeedUserIntervention; 
              'Is Paper Jammed' = $printerinformation.IsPaperJammed; 
              'Default Priority' = $printerinformation.DefaultPriority; 
              'Is Printing' = $printerinformation.IsPrinting; 
              'Number Of Jobs' = $printerinformation.NumberOfJobs;} 
               
              $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $property 
              Write-Output $object 
} 
} 
 
END {} 
}

Please get the code from Gallery Printer Monitoring Script
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