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.
Here is a sample script that installs a printer driver and a printer port, installs a printer, shares it, and sets some printer properties.
$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME $DriverName = 'Samsung SCX-483x 5x3x Series XPS' $IPAddress = '192.168.2.107' $PortName = 'NetworkPrint_192.168.2.107' $PrinterName = 'BWPrint' $ShareName = 'Office 12' Add-PrinterDriver -ComputerName $ComputerName -Name $DriverName Add-PrinterPort -Name $PortName -ComputerName $ComputerName Add-Printer -ComputerName $ComputerName -Name $PrinterName -DriverName $DriverName -Shared -ShareName $ShareName -PortName $PortName Set-PrintConfiguration -ComputerName $ComputerName -PrinterName $PrinterName -PaperSize A4
To play with it, make sure you adjust $IPAddress and have it point to some existing printer. Change $ComputerName to apply the changes to a remote machine instead of your own local machine.
To list all cmdlets found in PrintManagement module, try this:
PS> Get-Command -Module PrintManagement CommandType Name ModuleName ----------- ---- ---------- Function Add-Printer PrintManagement Function Add-PrinterDriver PrintManagement Function Add-PrinterPort PrintManagement Function Get-PrintConfiguration PrintManagement Function Get-Printer PrintManagement Function Get-PrinterDriver PrintManagement Function Get-PrinterPort PrintManagement Function Get-PrinterProperty PrintManagement Function Get-PrintJob PrintManagement Function Read-PrinterNfcTag PrintManagement Function Remove-Printer PrintManagement Function Remove-PrinterDriver PrintManagement Function Remove-PrinterPort PrintManagement Function Remove-PrintJob PrintManagement Function Rename-Printer PrintManagement Function Restart-PrintJob PrintManagement Function Resume-PrintJob PrintManagement Function Set-PrintConfiguration PrintManagement Function Set-Printer PrintManagement Function Set-PrinterProperty PrintManagement Function Suspend-PrintJob PrintManagement Function Write-PrinterNfcTag PrintManagement
As you see, these are really PowerShell functions rather than binary cmdlets.
