Add-Printer
Adds a printer to the specified computer.
Syntax
Add-Printer
[-Name] <String>
[-DriverName] <String>
[-AsJob]
[-CimSession <CimSession>]
[-Comment <String>]
[-ComputerName <String>]
[-Datatype <String>]
[-KeepPrintedJobs]
[-Location <String>]
[-PermissionSDDL <String>]
[-PrintProcessor <String>]
[-Priority <UInt32>]
[-Published]
[-RenderingMode <RenderingModeEnum>]
[-SeparatorPageFile <String>]
[-Shared]
[-ShareName <String>]
[-StartTime <UInt32>]
[-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
[-UntilTime <UInt32>]
-PortName <String>
[-Confirm]
[-WhatIf]Add-Printer
[-ConnectionName] <String>
[-AsJob]
[-CimSession <CimSession>]
[-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
[-Confirm]
[-WhatIf]Add-Printer
[-Name] <String>
[-AsJob]
[-CimSession <CimSession>]
[-Comment <String>]
[-ComputerName <String>]
[-Datatype <String>]
[-DeviceURL <String>]
[-DeviceUUID <String>]
[-KeepPrintedJobs]
[-Location <String>]
[-PermissionSDDL <String>]
[-PrintProcessor <String>]
[-Priority <UInt32>]
[-Published]
[-RenderingMode <RenderingModeEnum>]
[-SeparatorPageFile <String>]
[-Shared]
[-ShareName <String>]
[-StartTime <UInt32>]
[-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
[-UntilTime <UInt32>]
[-Confirm]
[-WhatIf]Description
The Add-Printer cmdlet adds a printer to a specified computer. You can add both local printers and connections to network-based printers.
You cannot use wildcard characters with Add-Printer. You can use Add-Printer in a Windows PowerShell remoting session.
You do not need administrator privileges to use Add-Printer.
Examples
Example 1: Add a printer to a local computer
PS C:\> Add-Printer -Name "mxdw 2" -DriverName "Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4" -PortName "portprompt:"This command adds a printer with name mxdw2 to the local computer.
The mxdw printer uses the Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4 driver and the portprompt: port.
The portprompt: port prompts for a file name to save the XPS document when printing to the XPS printer.
Example 2: Add a new network printer connection
PS C:\> Add-Printer -ConnectionName \\printServer\printerNameThis command adds a printer by specifying the name of a print server and a shared printer on that server.
Parameters
-AsJob
Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CimSession
Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
| Type: | CimSession |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Comment
Specifies the text to add to the Comment field for the specified printer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ComputerName
Specifies the name of the computer to which to add the printer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ConnectionName
Specifies the name of a shared printer to which to connect. This parameter is required.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Datatype
Specifies the data type the printer uses to record print jobs.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DeviceURL
Specifies a URL for the directed discovery of a Web Services on Devices (WSD) printer to add to the specified computer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DeviceUUID
Specifies the multicast UUID for device detection for the WSD port.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DriverName
Specifies the name of the printer driver for the printer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 2 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-KeepPrintedJobs
Specifies whether the print jobs in the queue are kept.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Location
Specifies the location of the printer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Specifies the name of the printer to add.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PermissionSDDL
Specifies the permissions for the printer as an SDDL (Security Descriptor Definition Language) string.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PortName
Specifies the name of the port used or created for the printer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PrintProcessor
Specifies the name of the print processor used by the printer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Priority
Specifies the relative queue priority.
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Published
Specifies whether or not the printer is published in the network directory service.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-RenderingMode
Specifies the rendering mode for the printer. You can specify one of the following rendering modes:
- SSR, Service Side Rendering
- CSR. Client Side Rendering
- BranchOffice. Branch Office
| Type: | RenderingModeEnum |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | 0 |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SeparatorPageFile
Specifies the path to and name of the separator page to be used by the printer.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Shared
Indicates whether to share the printer on the network. You can determine the name by which the printer is shared by specifying ShareName. If ShareName is not specified, the name of the printer is used as the share name.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ShareName
Specifies the name by which to share the printer on the network. To share a printer, specify the Shared parameter.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-StartTime
Specifies the starting time of printer availability.
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ThrottleLimit
Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet.
If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer.
The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-UntilTime
Specifies the ending time of printer availability.
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
None
Outputs
None
Notes
- The WhatIf switch doesn’t work if the ConnectionName parameter set is used.
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