从导入的 csv 文件创建打印机到多个打印服务器

Question

I have been working with this script and have successfully grabbed info from a .csv file and added it to one print server.

Right now I have the print server hard coded in the script and it allows me to add multiple print servers into the script, but I would like to add the print servers to a column in my .csv file and read from there to eliminate the static servers in the code. Here is what I have:

The second part I am struggling with is publishing and not publishing printers ( listing in AD or not ) I was thinking of adding another column called published. Then creating an if/then to publish or not publish**

foreach ($server in @("printserver1")) {
    foreach ($printer in @(Import-Csv C:\PrinterList.csv)) {
        Add-PrinterPort -ComputerName $server -Name $printer.IPAddress -PrinterHostAddress $printer.IPAddress

        Add-Printer -ComputerName $server -Name $printer.Printername -DriverName $printer.Driver -PortName $printer.IPAddress -Comment $printer.Comment -Location $printer.Location -Shared -ShareName $printer.Printername -Published
    }
}

Answer 1

If PrinterList.csv contains a column called Publish with False or True as possible values, you can do the following:

foreach ($printer in (Import-Csv C:\PrinterList.csv)) {
    $Params = @{ ComputerName = $server
                 Name = $printer.Printername
                 DriverName = $printer.Driver
                 PortName = $printer.IPAddress
                 Comment = $printer.Comment
                 Location = $printer.Location
                 ShareName = $printer.Printername
    }
    Add-Printer @Params -Shared -Published:([bool]::Parse($printer.Publish))
}

Since Publish is a [switch] parameter, you can use the syntax -Publish:$true or -Publish:$false . The Parse() method parses a string value into a boolean value.

$Params Splatting is not necessary here. It just provides a bit more readability.

Alternatively, [System.Convert]::ToBoolean($printer.Publish) has the same result in the proposed scenario but does offer more flexibility as [System.Convert]::ToBoolean(0) returns False and [System.Convert]::ToBoolean(1) returns True .