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Get-Printers-Html

Print Management: HTML report of printers

#Requires -Version 5.1
#Requires -Modules PrintManagement

[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
    [string]$ComputerName,
    [pscredential]$AccessAccount
)

Process {
    try {
        if ([System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($ComputerName)) { $ComputerName = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostByName('').HostName }
        $cim = if ($null -eq $AccessAccount) { New-CimSession -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction Stop } else { New-CimSession -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $AccessAccount -ErrorAction Stop }
        $result = Get-Printer -Full -CimSession $cim -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction Stop | Where-Object { $_.Type -eq 'Local' } | Select-Object Name, DriverName, PortName, Shared, ShareName, Comment, Location | Sort-Object Name
        Write-Output ($result | ConvertTo-Html -Fragment)
    }
    catch { throw }
    finally { if ($null -ne $cim) { Remove-CimSession $cim -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }
}

Computer to retrieve printers from

Optional credential for remote access

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