Source code for pauseprinting.bat

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@ECHO OFF
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IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax
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SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
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IF     "%~1"=="" GOTO Syntax
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IF NOT "%~2"=="" GOTO Syntax
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ECHO.%* | FIND "?" >NUL && GOTO Syntax
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IF /I "%~1"=="/D" (
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	SET UseDefaultPrinter=1
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	SET UseDefaultPrinter=0
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	SET Printer=%~1
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:: Convert status numbers to descriptions

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SET Status_1=Other
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SET Status_2=Unknown
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SET Status_3=Idle
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SET Status_4=Printing
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SET Status_5=Warmup
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SET Status_6=Stopped Printing
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SET Status_7=Offline
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SET Status_8=Paused
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SET Status_9=Error
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SET Status_10=Busy
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SET Status_11=Not Available
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SET Status_12=Waiting
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SET Status_13=Processing
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SET Status_14=Initialization
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SET Status_15=Power Save
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SET Status_16=Pending Deletion
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SET Status_17=I/O Active
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SET Status_18=Manual Feed
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SET DeviceID=
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SET PrintJobs=0
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:: Get printer status
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IF %UseDefaultPrinter% EQU 0 (
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	FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('WMIC Path Win32_Printer  WHERE "DeviceID='%Printer%'" Get DeviceID^,ExtendedPrinterStatus /Format:list ^| FIND "="') DO SET %%A

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	FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('WMIC Path Win32_Printer  WHERE "Default='TRUE'" Get DeviceID^,ExtendedPrinterStatus /Format:list ^| FIND "="') DO SET %%A

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	SET Printer=!DeviceID!
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IF NOT DEFINED DeviceID GOTO Syntax
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:: Get number of printjobs
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FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('WMIC Path Win32_PrintJob WHERE "Name LIKE '%Printer%%%'" Get Name /Format:list 2^>^&1 ^| FIND "="') DO SET /A PrintJobs += 1

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:: Display the results
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ECHO Printer    : %DeviceID%
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ECHO Print Jobs : %PrintJobs%
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ECHO Status     : !Status_%ExtendedPrinterStatus%!

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:: Pause if not paused
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IF %ExtendedPrinterStatus% NEQ 8 (
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	ECHO Pause printing . . .
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	WMIC Path Win32_Printer WHERE "DeviceID='%Printer%'" Call Pause >NUL 2>&1

	FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('WMIC Path Win32_Printer WHERE "DeviceID='%Printer%'" Get ExtendedPrinterStatus /Format:list ^| FIND "="') DO SET New%%A

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:: Display new status
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IF %ExtendedPrinterStatus% NEQ 8 (
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	ECHO Status     : !Status_%NewExtendedPrinterStatus%!

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ENDLOCAL
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GOTO:EOF
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:Syntax
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ECHO.
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ECHO PausePrinting.bat,  Version 1.00
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ECHO Pause printing for the specified printer.

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ECHO.
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ECHO Usage:  PausePrinting.bat  printer
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ECHO.
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ECHO Where:  "printer"  is either /D (default printer) or the printer name

ECHO                    (use doublequotes if it contains spaces)

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ECHO.
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ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
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ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com
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IF "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ENDLOCAL & COLOR 00

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