Add-PrinterDriver

Add-PrinterDriver

Installs a printer driver on the specified computer.

Syntax

Parameter Set: Add0
Add-PrinterDriver [-Name] <String> [[-InfPath] <String> ] [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession> ] [-ComputerName <String> ] [-PrinterEnvironment <String> ] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Add-PrinterDriver cmdlet installs a printer driver on the specified computer.

You cannot use wildcard characters with Add-PrinterDriver. You can use Add-PrinterDriver in a Windows PowerShell remoting session.

You need administrator privileges to use Add-PrinterDriver.

Parameters

-AsJob

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-CimSession<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.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-ComputerName<String>

Specifies the name of the computer on which to install the printer driver.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-InfPath<String>

Specifies the path to the printer driver INF file in the driver store. INF files contain information about the printer and the printer driver.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

2

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Name<String>

Specifies the name of the printer driver.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

1

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-PrinterEnvironment<String>

Specifies the printer driver environment.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-ThrottleLimit<Int32>

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.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

  • This cmdlet takes no input objects.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • This cmdlet produces no output.

Examples

-------------------------- EXAMPLEExample 1: Add a printer driver with specified Driver Name -------------------------- Example: Add a printer driver

This command installs the printer driver specified by Name on the local computer.

PS C:\> Add-PrinterDriver –Name "Driver Name"

-------------------------- ExampleXAMPLE 2: Add a printer driver with specified Driver Name on remote computer -------------------------- xample: Add a printer driver on remote computer

This command installs the printer driver specified by Name on the remote computer specified by ComputerName.

PS C:\> Add-PrinterDriver –Name "Driver Name" -ComputerName "printServer"

Get-PrinterDriver

Remove-PrinterDriver