SetDefaultPrinter method of the Win32_Printer class

The SetDefaultPrinter WMI class method sets the default system printer for the user calling the method.

This topic uses Managed Object Format (MOF) syntax. For more information about using this method, see Calling a Method.

uint32 SetDefaultPrinter();

This method has no parameters.

Returns 0 (zero) if successful, and some other value if an error occurs. For additional error codes, see WMI Error Constants or WbemErrorEnum. For general HRESULT values, see System Error Codes.

The following VBScript code sample sets the default printer on a computer.

strComputer = "." 
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ 
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") 
 
Set colInstalledPrinters =  objWMIService.ExecQuery _ 
    ("Select * from Win32_Printer Where Name = 'ScriptedPrinter'") 
 
For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters 
    objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter() 
Next 

Computer System Hardware Classes

WMI Tasks: Printers and Printing

Win32_Printer