Re: Disable advanced features on a printer.

I don't know about turning off 'advanced features' but you can see print
job details fairly easily with WMI (on remote computers too).

See this vbscript:
const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10
const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PrintJob",
"WQL", _
wbemFlagReturnImmediately +
wbemFlagForwardOnly)

for each objItem In colItems
wscript.echo "Print Job:" & vbTab & objItem.Name
wscript.echo "Total Pages:" & vbTab & objItem.TotalPages
wscript.echo "PagesPrinted:" & vbTab & objItem.PagesPrinted
wscript.echo
next

Sample output:
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

Print Job: AGFA-AccuSet v52.3, 2
Total Pages: 1
PagesPrinted: 0

Print Job: AGFA-AccuSet v52.3, 3
Total Pages: 1
PagesPrinted: 0

See Win32_PrintJob in MSDN (WMI Platform SDK) for all properties of the
class.
You may be able to change some of the advanced features using Win32_Printer
class as well.
--
Philip Nunn [MSFT]
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Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
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"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My question is how do I turn off the option "Enable advanced printing
> features" on the Advanced tab of a printers properties using VBScript?
>
> The reason I need to do this is I work for a library and the software we
> are using to manage print jobs needs to be able to read a PS file to
> determine how many pages long a print job is. If advanced features are
> enabled the PS file is not usable and of course by default it is set. I
> have been using the prnadmin.dll wrapper for VBScript in order to create
> my printer but at this point then have to touch each machine to make it
> work properly.
>
> If more information is needed/desired please let me know and I will be
> happy to help.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Eric