Getting list of printers from command line
powershell "get-printer | format-table"
Run this via cmd line… Alternatively, run it in powershell as
get-printer | format-table
Sample output looks like:
Name ComputerName Type DriverName PortName Shared Publishe d ---- ------------ ---- ---------- -------- ------ -------- OneNote for Windows 10 Local Microsoft Software Pri... Microsoft.Of... False False PDFill PDF&Image Writer Local PDFill Writer PDFillWriter... False False OneNote (Desktop) Local Send to Microsoft OneN... nul: False False Microsoft XPS Document Writer Local Microsoft XPS Document... PORTPROMPT: False False Microsoft Print to PDF Local Microsoft Print To PDF PORTPROMPT: False False Fax Local Microsoft Shared Fax D... SHRFAX: False False Brother DCP-L5600DN series ... Local Microsoft IPP Class Dr... WSD-7d0075dc... False False
It is also possible to get details to a file
powershell "get-printer | format-table | out-file c:\temp\printers.txt”
This creates printers.txt in c:\temp
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