Schedule printer reboot

[tonyc66]

I know this is an old thread, so hopefully someone who used this is still around.

The second script worked great for me, but I can't figure out how to format the printers.txt file to reboot multiple machines.  We have close to 20 in our organization and I'd prefer to reboot them all using a single PS script on a Sat night as opposed to 20 individual scripts run via multiple batch files, etc.

I tried one entry per line, and comma delimited.  I don't want to mess around too much trying as these are production machines and staff get annoyed when they have to wait for them to boot up to use them.

[Joe Arseneau]

Thanks for correcting that, crossed mine out and redirected to you. Nice to have you back.

[klauskeys · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much! The second powershell script works for me.

I had already tested the first script (found on the web) without success.

Just to report my experience, I want to post the script in its final form: the one you have posted miss a parenthesis and the function position.

Here the correct script:

$SNMP = new-object -ComObject olePrn.OleSNMP

$ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
<#Available choices for error action preference:
•SilentlyContinue – error messages are suppressed and execution continues.
•Stop – forces execution to stop, behaving like a terminating error.
•Continue - the default option. Errors will display and execution will continue.
•Inquire – prompt the user for input to see if we should proceed.
•Ignore – (new in v3) – the error is ignored and not logged to the error stream. Has very restricted usage scenarios.
#>

#reset the $error[0].Exception value on start and repeat on each loop
$error.clear()

#read from list
#return "Could not contact $_" if no response to ping
#return "Failed $_" if it connects but can not set the value
function setsnmp
{
$SNMP.open("$_","private",1,6000)
$SNMP.Set(".1.3.6.1.2.1.43.5.1.1.3.1",4)
}

Get-Content printers.txt | ForEach-Object {
if (Test-Connection $_ -Count 1 -Quiet) #test connection to ip with single ping
{
setsnmp
}
else {
Write-Output "Could not contact $_"
}
if ( $error[0].Exception -match "Exception calling")
{
Write-Output "Failed $_"
}
$error.clear()
}

#send snmp value
# setting the integer vaue "4" to oid ".1.3.6.1.2.1.43.5.1.1.3.1" using the "private" community name forces the printer to reboot

[Joe Arseneau · Accepted solution]

Asked a few colleagues, and was supplied with these 2 choices:

############## script start ##############

############## script start ##############

$CookieContainer = New-Object System.Net.CookieContainer

function SendGET([string]$url)
{
[net.httpWebRequest] $req = [net.webRequest]::create($url);
$req.Method = "GET";
$req.Accept = "text/html";
$req.CookieContainer = $CookieContainer;
[net.httpWebResponse] $res = $req.getResponse();
$resst = $res.getResponseStream();
$sr = new-object IO.StreamReader($resst);
$result = $sr.ReadToEnd();
return $result;
}

function SendPOST([string]$url, [string]$data)
{
$buffer = [text.encoding]::ascii.getbytes($data)
[net.httpWebRequest] $req = [net.webRequest]::create($url)
$req.method = "POST"
$req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
$req.ContentLength = $buffer.length
$req.KeepAlive = $true
$req.CookieContainer = $CookieContainer
$reqst = $req.getRequestStream()
$reqst.write($buffer, 0, $buffer.length)
$reqst.flush()
$reqst.close()
[net.httpWebResponse] $res = $req.getResponse()
$resst = $res.getResponseStream()
$sr = new-object IO.StreamReader($resst)
$result = $sr.ReadToEnd()
$res.close()
return $result;
}

# Request to get session id
$x = SendGET ("http://10.10.10.1/properties/authentication/login.php");
# Post login to get new session id
$x = SendPOST ("http://10.10.10.1/userpost/xerox.set") ("_fun_function=HTTP_Authenticate_fn&NextPage=%2Fproperties%2Fauthentication%2FluidLogin.php&webUsername=admin&webPassword=password&frmaltDomain=default");

# Post reboot command with loggedin session id
$x = SendPOST ("http://10.10.10.1/userpost/xerox.set") ("_fun_function=HTTP_Machine_Reset_fn&NextPage=/status/rebooted.php");

############## script end ##############

or:

 Corrected version posted below by klauskeys

#powershell script to remotely reboot networked HP and Xerox printers
#ip values in plain text file printers.txt in the same directory as the script. ip's on separate lines.
#philgman@gmail.com

$SNMP = new-object -ComObject olePrn.OleSNMP
$ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
<#Available choices for error action preference:
•SilentlyContinue – error messages are suppressed and execution continues.
•Stop – forces execution to stop, behaving like a terminating error.
•Continue - the default option. Errors will display and execution will continue.
•Inquire – prompt the user for input to see if we should proceed.
•Ignore – (new in v3) – the error is ignored and not logged to the error stream. Has very restricted usage scenarios.
#>

#reset the $error[0].Exception value on start and repeat on each loop
$error.clear()

#read from list
#return "Could not contact $_" if no response to ping
#return "Failed $_" if it connects but can not set the value
Get-Content printers.txt | ForEach-Object {
    if (Test-Connection $_ -Count 1 -Quiet) #test connection to ip with single ping
    {
        setsnmp
    }
     else {
        Write-Output "Could not contact $_"
    }
    if ( $error[0].Exception -match "Exception calling")
   {
        Write-Output "Failed $_"
   }  
   $error.clear()
   }

#send snmp value
# setting the integer vaue "4" to oid ".1.3.6.1.2.1.43.5.1.1.3.1" using the "private" community name forces the printer to reboot
function setsnmp 
{
$SNMP.open("$_","private",1,6000)
$SNMP.Set(".1.3.6.1.2.1.43.5.1.1.3.1",4)

Neither of these 2 options are mine, so I can't help with the specifics.

[Joe Arseneau]

There is not an official way to do so built in, but since you can reboot via CWIS on the Status tab, it would probably be simple for someone with a coding interest to build a tool that would send the same command from a PC daily at xx:xx time as a workaround.

For an official workflow it would need to go through what is called a FER (Feature Enhancement Request) through Xerox (Call for 2nd level and ask that a FER be submitted). There is absolutely no guarantee they would make one, but it is worth a shot if the feature is important enough to you.

[klauskeys]

Hi.

I need (to workaround an issue with badge readers and sleep resume) to schedule an automatic reboot of printers.

I'm working with WC 5875.

I found on the web powershell scripts to perform the reboot, but it's not  working on my devices.

There is a way to automatically reboot these printers?

Thanks in advance for support.

CLAUDIO