How to List Installed Printers in Windows Using PowerShell

To get the list of installed printers in the Windows operating system using PowerShell, use the `Get-Printer` command. This command retrieves the list of printers on a computer. You can also use the Get-Printer command to get the properties of a single printer.

Here is the Powershell command to get a list of installed printers.

Get-Printer

In this article, we will discuss how to list installed printers in the Windows OS, and get a list of printers on a remote computer using PowerShell command.

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1 How to Get a List of Installed Printers on Local Computer using PowerShell

2 How to List Installed Printers on a Remote Computer

3 Conclusion

4 Related Links

How to Get a List of Installed Printers on Local Computer using PowerShell

Use the Get-Printer command to get a list of installed printers on the local computer using PowerShell.

Get-Printer

In the above PowerShell script, the Get-Printer command retrieves a list of printers and printer connections on the local computer.

The output of the above PowerShell Get-Printer to view mapped printers on the local computer is given below.

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How to List Installed Printers on a Remote Computer

Use the Get-Printer command with the ComputerName parameter to specify the remote computer name, it retrieves a list of printers from the remote computer.

Get-Printer -ComputerName "INCORP-EU-20"

In the above PowerShell script, the Get-Printer command uses the ComputerName parameter to specify the remote computer name “INCORP-EU-20” and retrieves a list of installed printers from a remote computer.

The output of the above PowerShell script to view mapped printers on a remote computer is given below.

PS D:\PS> Get-Printer -ComputerName "INCORP-EU-20"                                                                                              
Name                           ComputerName    Type         DriverName                PortName        Shared   Published  DeviceType
----                           ------------    ----         ----------                --------        ------   ---------  ----------
OneNote (Desktop)             INCORP-EU-20  Local        Send to Microsoft OneN... nul:            False    False      Print
Webex Document Loader          INCORP-EU-20  Local        Webex Document Loader     Webex Docume... False    False      Print
Secure XPS Printer             INCORP-EU-20  Local        Microsoft XPS Document... PORTPROMPT:     False    False      Print
OneNote                        INCORP-EU-20  Local        Microsoft Software Pri... Microsoft.Of... False    False      Print
Microsoft XPS Document Writer  INCORP-EU-20  Local        Microsoft XPS Document... PORTPROMPT:     False    False      Print

Cool Tip: How to get printer properties using PowerShell!

Conclusion

I hope the above article on how to get a list of installed printers on the local and remote computers using the PowerShell Get-Printer command is helpful to you.

You can use wildcard characters with the `Get-Printer` command.

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