How to set the printer properties programatically?

Question

Hello,

As a paper saving drive throughout the organization, we plan to set 2 page printing (back to back) as default setting on all the Windows machines. Is it possible to program this in .NET / Java (or any scripting language)? Can we change printer properties by a program?

Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

Can be done with WMI using VBScript or Powershell.

Here is a blog post with lots of info to get started (including duplexing info): http://blogs.technet.com/print/archive/2009/10/16/printer-management-using-powershell.aspx