Package com.ferrumx.system.hardware

Class Win32_Printer

java.lang.Object

com.ferrumx.system.hardware.Win32_Printer

public class Win32_Printer
extends Object

This class queries the Win32_Printer class of WMI and represents the installed printers in your device.

Fetches the following properties: Name, HorizontalResolution, VerticalResolution, Capabilities, CapabilityDescriptions, Default, DriverName, Hidden, Local, Network, PortName, PrintProcessor, Shared, ShareName, SpoolEnabled, WorkOffline

Author:

Egg-03

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Map<String,String>	getCurrentPrinter(String deviceID)	This method returns Printer properties of the deviceID fetched to it
static List<String>	getDeviceIDList()	This method fetches a list of printer deviceIDs

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getDeviceIDList

public static List<String> getDeviceIDList()
                                    throws IOException,
IndexOutOfBoundsException,
ShellException,
InterruptedException

This method fetches a list of printer deviceIDs

Returns:

a List of printer deviceIDs

Throws:

IOException - re-throws the exception thrown by CIM_ML.getPropertyValue(String, String) when there are I/O Errors during streaming of data from and to Powershell and other generated files

IndexOutOfBoundsException - re-throws the exception thrown by CIM_ML.getPropertyValue(String, String) when there is a parsing error of data fetched from Windows Powershell

ShellException - if any internal command used in the powershell throws errors

InterruptedException - if the thread waiting for the process to exit, gets interrupted. When catching this exception, you may re-throw it's interrupted status by using Thread.currentThread().interrupt();

getCurrentPrinter

public static Map<String,String> getCurrentPrinter(String deviceID)
                                            throws IOException,
IndexOutOfBoundsException,
ShellException,
InterruptedException

This method returns Printer properties of the deviceID fetched to it

Parameters:

deviceID - fetched from getDeviceIDList()

Returns:

a Map of the printer properties mentioned in the class description

Throws:

IOException - re-throws the exception thrown by CIM_ML.getPropertiesAndTheirValuesWhere(String, String, String, String) when there are I/O Errors during streaming of data from and to Powershell and other generated files

IndexOutOfBoundsException - re-throws the exception thrown by CIM_ML.getPropertiesAndTheirValuesWhere(String, String, String, String) when there is a parsing error of data fetched from Windows Powershell

ShellException - if any internal command used in the powershell throws errors

InterruptedException - if the thread waiting for the process to exit, gets interrupted. When catching this exception, you may re-throw it's interrupted status by using Thread.currentThread().interrupt();