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# Finding Installed Printers with the Script Task
  The data that is transformed by [!INCLUDE[ssISnoversion](../../includes/ssisnoversion-md.md)] packages often has a printed report as its final destination. The `System.Drawing.Printing` namespace in the [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[dnprdnshort](../../includes/dnprdnshort-md.md)] provides classes for working with printers.

> [!NOTE]
>  If you want to create a task that you can more easily reuse across multiple packages, consider using the code in this Script task sample as the starting point for a custom task. For more information, see [Developing a Custom Task](../extending-packages-custom-objects/task/developing-a-custom-task.md).

## Description
 The following example locates printers installed on the server that support legal size paper (as used in the United States). The code to check supported paper sizes is encapsulated in a private function. To enable you to track the progress of the script as it checks the settings for each printer, the script uses the <xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.ScriptObjectModel.Log%2A> method to raise an informational message for printers with legal size paper, and to raise a warning for printers without legal size paper. These messages appear in the **Output** window of the [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[vsprvs](../../includes/vsprvs-md.md)] Tools for Applications (VSTA) IDE when you run the package in the designer.

#### To configure this Script Task example

1.  Create the variable named `PrinterList` with type `Object`.

2.  On the **Script** page of the **Script Task Editor**, add this variable to the ReadWriteVariables property.

3.  In the script project, add a reference to the **System.Drawing** namespace.

4.  In your code, use `Imports` statements to import the **System.Collections** and the `System.Drawing.Printing` namespaces.

### Code

```vb
Public Sub Main()

    Dim printerName As String
    Dim currentPrinter As New PrinterSettings
    Dim size As PaperSize

    Dim printerList As New ArrayList
    For Each printerName In PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters
        currentPrinter.PrinterName = printerName
        If PrinterHasLegalPaper(currentPrinter) Then
            printerList.Add(printerName)
            Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "Example", _
                "Printer " & printerName & " has legal paper.", _
                String.Empty, 0, False)
        Else
            Dts.Events.FireWarning(0, "Example", _
                "Printer " & printerName & " DOES NOT have legal paper.", _
                String.Empty, 0)
        End If
    Next

    Dts.Variables("PrinterList").Value = printerList

    Dts.TaskResult = ScriptResults.Success

End Sub

Private Function PrinterHasLegalPaper( _
    ByVal thisPrinter As PrinterSettings) As Boolean

    Dim size As PaperSize
    Dim hasLegal As Boolean = False

    For Each size In thisPrinter.PaperSizes
        If size.Kind = PaperKind.Legal Then
            hasLegal = True
        End If
    Next

    Return hasLegal

End Function
```

```csharp
public void Main()
        {

            PrinterSettings currentPrinter = new PrinterSettings();
            PaperSize size;
            Boolean Flag = false;

            ArrayList printerList = new ArrayList();
            foreach (string printerName in PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters)
            {
                currentPrinter.PrinterName = printerName;
                if (PrinterHasLegalPaper(currentPrinter))
                {
                    printerList.Add(printerName);
                    Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "Example", "Printer " + printerName + " has legal paper.", String.Empty, 0, ref Flag);
                }
                else
                {
                    Dts.Events.FireWarning(0, "Example", "Printer " + printerName + " DOES NOT have legal paper.", String.Empty, 0);
                }
            }

            Dts.Variables["PrinterList"].Value = printerList;

            Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;

        }

        private bool PrinterHasLegalPaper(PrinterSettings thisPrinter)
        {

            bool hasLegal = false;

            foreach (PaperSize size in thisPrinter.PaperSizes)
            {
                if (size.Kind == PaperKind.Legal)
                {
                    hasLegal = true;
                }
            }

            return hasLegal;

        }
```

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## See Also
 [Script Task Examples](../extending-packages-scripting-task-examples/script-task-examples.md)