Printer selection problem due to Ne-port numbering

'Written: November 28, 2009
'Author:  Leith Ross
'Summary: Finds a printer by name and returns the printer name and port number.

Function FindPrinter(ByVal PrinterName As String) As String

 'This works with Windows 2000 and up
 
  Dim Arr As Variant
  Dim Device As Variant
  Dim Devices As Variant
  Dim Printer As String
  Dim RegObj As Object
  Dim RegValue As String
  Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
       
    Set RegObj = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\default:StdRegProv")
    RegObj.enumvalues HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices", Devices, Arr
    
      For Each Device In Devices
        RegObj.getstringvalue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices", Device, RegValue
        Printer = Device & " on " & Split(RegValue, ",")(1)
        If InStr(1, Printer, PrinterName, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
           FindPrinter = Printer
           Exit Function
        End If
      Next
      
      
End Function

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