Web Jetadmin, report all Paper Tray Sizes & Paper Type, both DNS Servers,

[g7429]

Using Web Jetadmin &/or Excel VBA, &/or Powershell,

extract data from networked printers,

HP, Canon, Zebra, Toshiba, 

produce report :

IP, Hostname, Paper Tray Sizes & Paper Type, both DNS Servers, last time restarted, and if a new Canon Model, if DDNS is ticked 

Have written Excel VBA using Win32 to extract data from networked PC's, back into spreadsheet

( RAM, OS, days since restarted, Monitors, etc. ) .

Am trying to do same for printers, 

Is there an equivalent Win32 for accessing printer specifications/data ? 

Does Web JetaAdmin have any functionality like that ? 

Apologies in advance. Am 55, and this is 1st web post ever. 

thanks muchly

cheers

greg

[Repairatrooper · Accepted solution]

Unlike the computer world where everything is pretty standardized in terms of OS, printers are the wild west and most of the data is stored in a MIB and access to that data is restricted to protect IP and every vendor stores things a little differently. There are a lot of reports you can generate with Web JetAdmin and likely worth looking into whether you can get what you want. Reports are typically PDF or CSV formats.

[g7429]

Repairatrooper, 

Brilliant !

Thanks so much for a super quick, concise response , clarifying the situation. 

Really appreciate it. 

i was actually just reading about MIB. 

HP Web Jetadmin - Managing Third-Party Printers in HP Web Jetadmin | HP® Customer Support

the learning continues. 

thanks

cheers

greg