Chrome Printers

Chrome Printers

• API documentation
• Notes
• Definitions
• Quoting rules
• Manage printers
• Display printers
• Display printer models
• Bulk printer updates

API documentation

• https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/chrome-printer/reference/rest

Notes

To use these features you must authorize the appropriate scope: Directory API - Printers (supports readonly).

As of 2021-10-05, gam update printer does not work due to some API problem. To update a printer, you'll have to delete it and create it.

gam oauth create

Definitions

<OrgUnitID> ::= id:<String>
<OrgUnitPath> ::= /|(/<String)+
<OrgUnitItem> ::= <OrgUnitID>|<OrgUnitPath>
<OrgUnitList> ::= "<OrgUnitItem>(,<OrgUnitItem>)*"

<PrinterID> ::= <String>
<PrinterIDList> ::= "<PrinterID>(,<PrinterID>)*"

<PrinterAttribute> ::=
        (description <String>)|
        (displayname <String>)|
        (json [charset <Charset>] <JSONData>)|(json file <FileName> [charset <Charset>])|
        (makeandmodel <String>)|
        (ou|org|orgunit <OrgUnitItem>)|
        (uri <String>)|
        (driverless [<Boolean>])

<PrinterFieldName> ::=
        auxiliarymessages|
        createtime|
        description|
        displayname|
        id|
        makeandmodel|
        name|
        ou|org|orgunit|orgunitid|
        uri|
        usedriverlessconfig|
<PrinterFieldNameList> ::= "<PrinterFieldName>(,<PrinterFieldName>)*"

<StorageBucketName> ::= <String>
<StorageObjectName> ::= <String>
<StorageBucketObjectName> ::=
        https://storage.cloud.google.com/<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        https://storage.googleapis.com/<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        gs://<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        <StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>

<UserGoogleDoc> ::=
        <EmailAddress> <DriveFileIDEntity>|<DriveFileNameEntity>|(<SharedDriveEntity> <SharedDriveFileNameEntity>)

<FileSelector> ::=
        file ((<FileName> [charset <Charset>])|
              (gdoc <UserGoogleDoc>)|
              (gcsdoc <StorageBucketObjectName>))
             [delimiter <Character>]

<CSVFileSelector> ::=
        csvfile ((<FileName>(:<FieldName>)+ [charset <Charset>] )|
                 (gsheet(:<FieldName>)+ <UserGoogleSheet>)|
                 (gdoc(:<FieldName>)+ <UserGoogleDoc>)|
                 (gcscsv(:<FieldName>)+ <StorageBucketObjectName>)|
                 (gcsdoc(:<FieldName>)+ <StorageBucketObjectName>))
                [warnifnodata] [columndelimiter <Character>] [quotechar <Character>]
                [endcsv|(fields <FieldNameList>)]
                (matchfield|skipfield <FieldName> <RegularExpression>)*
                [delimiter <Character>]

Quoting rules

Items in a list can be separated by commas or spaces; if an item itself contains a comma, a space or a single quote, special quoting must be used. Typically, you will enclose the entire list in double quotes and quote each item in the list as detailed below.

• Items, separated by commas, without spaces, commas or single quotes in the items themselves
  • "item,item,item"
• Items, separated by spaces, without spaces, commas or single quotes in the items themselves
  • "item item item"
• Items, separated by commas, with spaces, commas or single quotes in the items themselves
  • "'it em','it,em',\"it'em\""
• Items, separated by spaces, with spaces, commas or single quotes in the items themselves
  • "'it em' 'it,em' \"it'em\""

Manage printers

When creating a printer you must specify: displayname, ou, uri and makeandmodel or driverless.

gam create printer <PrinterAttribute>+ [nodetails]
gam update printer <PrinterID> <PrinterAttribute>+ [nodetails]
gam delete printer
        <PrinterIDList>|
        <FileSelector>|
	<CSVFileSelector>

By default, when a printer is created/updated, GAM outputs details of the printer; the nodetails option suppresses this output.

Display printers

Display information about a single printer.

gam info printer <PrinterID>
        [fields <PrinterFieldNameList>] [formatjson]

Display information about multiple printers.

gam show printers
        [(ou <OrgUnitItem>)|(ou_and_children <OrgUnitItem>)|
         (ous <OrgUnitList>)|(ous_and_children <OrgUnitList>)]
        [filter <String>] [showinherited [<Boolean>]]
        [fields <PrinterFieldNameList>] [formatjson]
gam print printers [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [(ou <OrgUnitItem>)|(ou_and_children <OrgUnitItem>)|
         (ous <OrgUnitList>)|(ous_and_children <OrgUnitList>)]
        [filter <String>] [showinherited [<Boolean>]]
        [fields <PrinterFieldNameList>] [[formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

Use these options to select printers; if none are chosen, all printers in the account are selected.

If only filter <String> is specified, the query applies to all printers. If one of the ou options is also specified, the filter applies to printers within the OUs. The filter <String> is applied to the printer displayName and description fields.

• filter <String> - Filter on printer description and `displayName'.
• ou <OrgUnitItem> - Select printers directly in the OU <OrgUnitItem>
• ou_and_children <OrgUnitItem> - Select printers in the OU <OrgUnitItem> and its sub OUs
• ous <OrgUnitList> - Select printers directly in the OUs <OrgUnitList>
• ous_and_children <OrgUnitList> - Select printers in the OUs <OrgUnitList> and their sub OUs

By default, only printers defined in the specified OUs are displayed. Use the showinherited option to display inherited printers in the OUs; three additional fields are displayed.

• inherited - False if the printer is defined in the OU, True if the printer is inherited by the OU
• parentOrgUnitId - Blank if the printer is defined in the OU, the ID of the defining OU if the printer is inherited by the OU
• parentOrgUnitPath - Blank if the printer is defined in the OU, the path of the defining OU if the printer is inherited by the OU

Display printer models

gam show printermodels
        [filter <String>]
        [formatjson]
gam print printermodels [todrive <ToDriveAttribute>*]
        [filter <String>]
        [[formatjson [quotechar <Character>]]

If filter <String> isn't specified, all printer models are displayed. You can filter by manufacturer: filter "manufacturer:XYX"

Bulk printer updates

Suppose you have replaced one model of printer with another and have to update the make and model.

As of 2021-10-05, you'll have to delete and create the updated printer as gam update printer does not work due to some API problem.

Get the list of printers.

gam redirect csv ./StudentPrinters.csv print printers formatjson quotechar "'" ou /Students

Edit StudentPrinters.csv and add a new column labelled action; it does not matter where you place the column. In each row's JSON data there will be an entry like this: "makeAndModel": "vendor1 xy abcd"; replace vendor1 xy abcd with vendor2 ab wxyz for the rows of interest and put an x in the action column.

Delete the marked printers.

gam config csv_input_row_filter "action:regex:x" redirect stdout ./DeletePrinters.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./StudentPrinters.csv quotechar "'" gam delete printer "~id"

Recreate the marked printers with the updated makeAndModel.

gam config csv_input_row_filter "action:regex:x" redirect stdout ./CreatetePrinters.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv ./StudentPrinters.csv quotechar "'" gam create printer json "~JSON"