PowerShell TidBits – How to list all printers installed on a computer?

Use following PowerShell commands to list all printers installed on any machine…

First command uses WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)…

Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_Printer" -ComputerName "localhost" | ft -Property Name, DriverName, SystemName, ShareName -AutoSize

Command Output

Name                           DriverName                                  SystemName        ShareName   
----                           ----------                                  ----------        ---------   
Send To OneNote 2016           Send to Microsoft OneNote 16 Driver         MYMACHINE                    
Microsoft XPS Document Writer  Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4            MYMACHINE                    
Microsoft Print to PDF         Microsoft Print To PDF                      MYMACHINE                    
Fax                            Microsoft Shared Fax Driver                 MYMACHINE                     

The next command uses built-in PowerShell command Get-Printer…

Get-Printer -ComputerName mymachine

Command Output

Name                           ComputerName    Type         DriverName                PortName        Shared   Published  DeviceType     
----                           ------------    ----         ----------                --------        ------   ---------  ----------     
Send To OneNote 2016           mymachine       Local        Send to Microsoft OneN... xxx:            False    False      Print          
Microsoft XPS Document Writer  mymachine       Local        Microsoft XPS Document... xxxxxxxxxx:     False    False      Print          
Microsoft Print to PDF         mymachine       Local        Microsoft Print To PDF    xxxxxxxxxx:     False    False      Print          
Fax                            mymachine       Local        Microsoft Shared Fax D... xxxxxx:         False    False      Print

Please note that I’ve removed some printers from this list due to security issues.