Custom Printer Deployment

Bret_Whitcombe 

Hi, Bret.

I can't test this script out but one observation is that your various calls to Get-PrinterPort (beginning line 74) do not include "-ErrorAction:Stop" meaning an exception will not be thrown even if the port is not found - assuming your system has $ErrorActionPreference as Continue (the default value).

This means your subsequent Add-PrinterPort would not be being called.

Here's a simple one-liner to demonstrate the incorrect flagging of "success":

Example

try { Get-PrinterPort -Name "LPT2"; "Success"; } catch { "Failure" }

Output

And here's the expected one-liner and behaviour:

Example

try { Get-PrinterPort -Name "LPT2" -ErrorAction:Stop; "Success"; } catch { "Failure" }

Output

Cheers,

Lain