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Uses WMI to pull locally installed printer information for output to CSV or other destination
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function Get-InstalledPrinters | |
{ | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Simple function to grab details regarding locally installed printers on servers | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Uses WMI to pull locally installed printer information for output to CSV or other destination | |
.EXAMPLE | |
PS>Get-InstalledPrinters "SERVER1","SERVER2","SERVER3" -Unique | |
.PARAMETER Computers | |
String array of computer names or IP addresses | |
.PARAMETER Unique | |
Switch to enable finding of printers with unique IP addresses or "HostNames" as denoted by the WMI output | |
.NOTES | |
Britt Thompson | |
[email protected] | |
.LINK | |
https://gist.github.com/amesritter/97ff070ba3d60b600d8450a25c0e96a7 | |
#> | |
[cmdletbinding()] | |
param ( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] | |
[string[]]$Computers, | |
[switch]$Unique | |
) | |
# Establish the array to collect all the printer objects | |
$Result = @() | |
# Loop through all given computers | |
foreach($Computer in $Computers) | |
{ | |
# Collect all the printers for the current computer | |
try | |
{ | |
$Printers = Get-WmiObject Win32_Printer -ComputerName $Computer | |
} catch { Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red } | |
# Loop through the printers on this computer to collect the data | |
foreach($Printer in $Printers) | |
{ | |
# Establish the object to add the printer data to and collect the printer port info | |
$Obj = New-Object PSObject | |
try | |
{ | |
$Port = Get-WmiObject Win32_TcpIpPrinterPort | ?{ $_.Name -eq $Printer.Portname } | |
} catch { Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red } | |
# If unique is enabled then filter out the printers that already exist in the results array | |
if($Unique){ $HostAddresses = $Result | %{$_.HostAddress} } | |
if($Port -and $HostAddresses -notcontains $Port.HostAddress) | |
{ | |
# Add the properties to obj | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Computer -Value $Printer.SystemName | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Name -Value $Printer.Name | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DriverName -Value $Printer.DriverName | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PortName -Value $Printer.PortName | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name HostAddress -Value $Port.HostAddress | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PortType -Value $Port.Description | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PortNumber -Value $Port.PortNumber | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Queue -Value $Port.Queue | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SNMPCommunity -Value $Port.SNMPCommunity | |
$Obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SNMPEnabled -Value $Port.SNMPEnabled | |
# Update the result array with this object | |
$Result += $Obj | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
# Output the results | |
$Result | |
} |
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