VBA/VBS check if printer is installed | Blog of Travis HydzikBlog of Travis Hydzik

Here is a quick code snippet to determine if a printer is installed on a Microsoft Windows system;

MsgBox printerExists("Microsoft XPS Document Writer")

Function printerExists(str)
    printerExists = False
    Dim objWMIService
    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")

    Dim colPrinters
    Set colPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_Printer")

    Dim objPrinter
    For Each objPrinter In colPrinters
        If objPrinter.Name = str Then
            printerExists = True
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
End Function