Common PrintManagement cmdlets
For most system-level printer management tasks, you can use the built-in
PrintManagement module, which contains a variety of cmdlets. | Task |
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| Add a printer | Add-Printer -ConnectionName "\\<ServerName>\<PrinterName>" |
Adds a network printer connection to a print server. |
| Remove a printer | Remove-Printer -Name "<PrinterName>" |
Removes a specified printer from the local computer. |
| Set a default printer | $printer = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Printer -Filter "Name='<PrinterName>'"Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $printer -MethodName SetDefaultPrinter |
Uses the Win32_Printer WMI class to find a printer and then set it as the default. |
| Manage print jobs | Get-PrintJob |
Lists the print jobs currently in a printer’s queue. |
| Pause/Resume print jobs | Suspend-PrintJob and Resume-PrintJob |
Pauses or resumes a specific print job. |
| Change Printer to use Single Sided | Set-PrintConfiguration -PrinterName “\\servername\print-share\ -DuplexingMode OneSided |
Set to use OneSided Printing |