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Printers

Query printer installations, optionally limited to locally attached devices.

Note

Printer driver names can be set by the user or installation utility. There does not exist a foolproof way to find out the actual printer model.

Fields

Name Type Visible Description
Organization ID numeric false Internal ID that references the Organization entity (Foreign Key)
Organization Guid guid false
Organization string true Name of the organization
Organization Description string false Description
Environment ID numeric false Internal ID that references the Environment entity (Foreign Key)
Environment string false Name of the Environment
Organization Custom Field1 string false Available for custom data, not used by OctoSAM Inventory,
Organization Custom Field2 string false Available for custom data, not used by OctoSAM Inventory,
Organization Custom Field3 string false Available for custom data, not used by OctoSAM Inventory,
Organization Custom Field4 string false Available for custom data, not used by OctoSAM Inventory,
Object State ID numeric false Internal ID that references the ObjectState entity (Foreign Key)
Object State string false Object state name
Object State Octopus Id string false Octopus technical name of this state
Machine Guid guid false A unique ID that can be used to link to this machine object by external applications
Machine ID numeric false Internal ID for the Machine entity (Primary Key)
Machine Name string false Machine name (computer name)
Machine string true Use this name in reports for consistency and to avoid having to build the printable name from its parts
Alternate Name string false Contains the computer name for systems that may have different host and computer names, such as macOS.
Fully Qualified Domain Name string false Fully qualified domain name as seen by the scanner through reverse lookup of the network address
Machine Description string false Description attribute of the directory service or manually entered during offline scan
Alternate Description string false Alternate description field specific to the scanned machine type. For example locally entered description in macOS.
Domain Name string false Windows NETBIOS Domain Name
Site string false Active Directory Site that the machine belongs to
Location string false Active Directory location attribute
Sid string false Computer SID
Operating System string true Full name of the OS
Operating System Publisher string false Publisher of the OS.
Operating System Family string false A short name to identify different operating system families
Operating System Server bool false True if this OS is a server version
Operating System Version string false Additional version information about the OS
Operating System Display Version string false DisplayVersion for operating systems that support this attribute. Newer Windows versions use this instead of ReleaseID.
Operating System Edition string false An OS specific edition marker
Operating System Bits numeric false 32 or 64 bit
Last Scan Guid guid false GUID of the last imported .scan file for this entity.
First Scan date false Date/Time of first scan of this machine
Deleted In Directory bool false True, if directory check detects that the machine is no longer found in directory.
Deleted In Directory First Detected date false Date/Time the delete flag was set
Directory Path string false Path where the machine was found in the directory service. Usually an LDAP path.
Directory Container Path string false Path to the container of this object. Provided for grouping or export to other applications.
Manufacturer ID numeric false Internal ID that references the Manufacturer entity (Foreign Key)
Manufacturer string false Normalized hardware manufacturer name
Directory Last Logon Timestamp date false LastLogonTimestamp attribute from Active Directory (updated on import and on housekeeping). Resolution: 14days.
Directory Last Logon Last Scan Diff numeric false
Directory When Created date false WhenCreated attribute from Active Directory
Directory Disabled bool false True if the UserAccountControl attribute has the disable bit set
Custom Field1 string false Available for custom data for this machine, not used by OctoSAM Inventory.
Custom Field2 string false Available for custom data for this machine, not used by OctoSAM Inventory.
Custom Field3 string false Available for custom data for this Machine, not used by OctoSAM Inventory
Custom Field4 string false Available for custom data for this Machine, not used by OctoSAM Inventory
Virtual Machine bool false True if this is a virtual machine
Virtualization Host bool false True if this machine hosts virtual machines
Last Scan date false Date/Time of the last imported scan for this machine as reported by the machine (may be out of sync)
Printer Name string true Printer name as reported by WMI
Default Printer bool true True if the printer is the default printer of its machine
Printer Port string true Printer port
Printer Driver string true Printer driver name
Printer Comment string false Printer comment
Printer Description string false Printer description
Local bool true True if the printer appears to be locally attached to the machine
Current Date Time date false Date and time the query was run. For reference if you use and save query results.

Main entities referenced from this query

Query information

Property Value Description
Query Guid df79a980-12d5-11de-8c30-0800200c9a66 The internal id of the query. Must be unique
SupportsDesktop true If true, the query can be started from the OctoSAM Windows GUI
SupportsWeb true If true, the query can be started from the OctoSAM Web UI