Get-Printers

Print Management: Gets local printers from the specified computer.

Script

#Requires -Version 5.1
#Requires -Modules PrintManagement

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

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 }
        $props = @('Name', 'DriverName', 'PortName', 'Shared', 'Sharename', 'Comment', 'Location', 'Datatype', 'PrintProcessor', 'RenderingMode')
        $printers = Get-Printer -Full -CimSession $cim -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction Stop |
            Where-Object { $_.Type -eq 'Local' } | Select-Object $props | Sort-Object Name
        $tsVal = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
        $output = foreach ($p in $printers) {
            $row = [PSCustomObject]@{
                Timestamp = $tsVal
                ComputerName = $ComputerName
                PrinterName = $p.Name
                PrinterDriver = $p.DriverName
                PortAddress = $p.PortName
                PortNumber = ''
                Shared = $p.Shared
                DifferentShareName = ''
                Comment = $p.Comment
                Location = $p.Location
                Datatype = $p.DataType
                PrintProcessor = $p.PrintProcessor
                RenderingMode = $p.RenderingMode
            }
            if ($p.Shared -and $p.Sharename -ne $p.Name) { $row.DifferentShareName = $p.Sharename }
            if ($IncludeTcpIpPortProperties) {
                try {
                    $port = Get-PrinterPort -CimSession $cim -Name $p.PortName -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                    if ($null -ne $port.PrinterHostAddress) {
                        $row.PortAddress = $port.PrinterHostAddress
                        if ($null -ne $port.PortNumber) { $row.PortNumber = $port.PortNumber }
                    }
                }
                catch { }
            }
            $row
        }
        Write-Output $output
    }
    catch { throw }
    finally { if ($null -ne $cim) { Remove-CimSession $cim -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }
}

Customize

ComputerName string

Name of the computer from which to retrieve the printers.

AccessAccount pscredential

User account that has permission to perform this action.

IncludeTcpIpPortProperties switch

Off

Include the TCP/IP port address and number in the output.