Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2
Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets needed to manage local and remote printers.
In a previous tip we illustrated how to read print jobs. Each print job has the JobStatus property that tells you whether the PrintJob ran successfully.
All available status codes can be retrieved like this:
PS> Import-Module PrintManagement PS> [Microsoft.PowerShell.Cmdletization.GeneratedTypes.PrintJob.JobStatus]::GetNames([Microsoft.PowerShell.Cmdletization.GeneratedTypes.PrintJob.JobStatus]) Normal Paused Error Deleting Spooling Printing Offline PaperOut Printed Deleted Blocked UserIntervention Restarted Complete Retained RenderingLocally
Next, you could filter existing print jobs, and, for example, remove print jobs that have been completed or had errors. This will list all print jobs that had errors or have completed:
$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME Get-Printer -ComputerName $ComputerName | ForEach-Object { Get-PrintJob -PrinterName $_.Name -ComputerName $ComputerName | Where-Object { $_.JobStatus -eq 'Complete' -or $_.JobStatus -eq 'Error' -or $_.JobStatus -eq 'Printed'} }
To remove these print jobs, simply add Remove-PrintJob:
$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME Get-Printer -ComputerName $ComputerName | ForEach-Object { Get-PrintJob -PrinterName $_.Name -ComputerName $ComputerName | Where-Object { $_.JobStatus -eq 'Complete' -or $_.JobStatus -eq 'Error' -or $_.JobStatus -eq 'Printed'} } | Remove-PrintJob -CimSession $ComputerName
