Prnadmin.dll: Printer Administration Objects

PrinterAdmin is a COM-based tool for managing printers, drivers and ports on local and remote computers. It provides large-scale non-interactive control of printers.

Using PrinterAdmin, you can:

• add and delete a printer.
• add and delete a driver.
• add and delete a TCP port.
• add and delete a form.
• view a list of printers, ports, drivers, forms on a certain computer.
• control and configure printers.
• print a test page.
• clone a print server.

PrinterAdmin consists of several scriptable COM objects residing in Prnadmin.dll, which functions as a wrapper around Printui.dll. Several Microsoft® Visual Basic® Script (VBScript) and JavaScript sample files are included with the tool.

Installing PrinterAdmin

To install PrinterAdmin, run the following command:

regsvr32 [path]prnadmin.dll

Files Required

• Clean.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Clone.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Conall.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Defprn.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Drvmgr.vbs - sample JavaScript file
• Forms.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Persist.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Portconv.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Portmgr.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Prnadmin.dll
• Prnadmin.doc
• Prncfg.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Prnctrl.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Prndata.vbs - sample VBScript file
• Prndemo.js - sample JavaScript file
• Prnmgr.vbs - sample VBScript file