The Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) can be used to query the available printers for a system using
wmic printer
get. Parameters the command accepts are shown below:c:\>wmic printer get /? Property get operations. USAGE: GET [<property list>] [<get switches>] NOTE: <property list> ::= <property name> | <property name>, <property list> The following properties are available: Property Type Operation ======== ==== ========= Attributes N/A N/A Availability N/A N/A AvailableJobSheets N/A N/A AveragePagesPerMinute N/A N/A Capabilities N/A N/A CapabilityDescriptions N/A N/A Caption N/A N/A CharSetsSupported N/A N/A Comment N/A N/A ConfigManagerErrorCode N/A N/A ConfigManagerUserConfig N/A N/A CurrentCapabilities N/A N/A CurrentCharSet N/A N/A CurrentLanguage N/A N/A CurrentMimeType N/A N/A CurrentNaturalLanguage N/A N/A CurrentPaperType N/A N/A Default N/A N/A DefaultCapabilities N/A N/A DefaultCopies N/A N/A DefaultLanguage N/A N/A DefaultMimeType N/A N/A DefaultNumberUp N/A N/A DefaultPaperType N/A N/A DefaultPriority N/A N/A Description N/A N/A DetectedErrorState N/A N/A DeviceID N/A N/A Direct N/A N/A DoCompleteFirst N/A N/A DriverName N/A N/A EnableBIDI N/A N/A EnableDevQueryPrint N/A N/A ErrorCleared N/A N/A ErrorDescription N/A N/A ErrorInformation N/A N/A ExtendedDetectedErrorState N/A N/A ExtendedPrinterStatus N/A N/A Hidden N/A N/A HorizontalResolution N/A N/A InstallDate N/A N/A JobCountSinceLastReset N/A N/A KeepPrintedJobs N/A N/A LanguagesSupported N/A N/A LastErrorCode N/A N/A Local N/A N/A Location N/A N/A MarkingTechnology N/A N/A MaxCopies N/A N/A MaxNumberUp N/A N/A MaxSizeSupported N/A N/A MimeTypesSupported N/A N/A Name N/A N/A PNPDeviceID N/A N/A PaperSizesSupported N/A N/A PortName N/A N/A PowerManagementCapabilities N/A N/A PowerManagementSupported N/A N/A PrintJobDataType N/A N/A PrintProcessor N/A N/A PrinterPaperNames N/A N/A PrinterState N/A N/A PrinterStatus N/A N/A SeparatorFile N/A N/A ServerName N/A N/A ShareName N/A N/A SpoolEnabled N/A N/A StartTime N/A N/A Status N/A N/A StatusInfo N/A N/A SystemName N/A N/A TimeOfLastReset N/A N/A UntilTime N/A N/A VerticalResolution N/A N/A The following GET switches are available: /VALUE - Return value. /ALL(default) - Return the data and metadata for the attribute. /TRANSLATE:<table name> - Translate output via values from <table name>. /EVERY:<interval> [/REPEAT:<repeat count>] - Returns value every (X interval) se conds, If /REPEAT specified the command is executed <repeat count> times. /FORMAT:<format specifier> - Keyword/XSL filename to process the XML results. NOTE: Order of /TRANSLATE and /FORMAT switches influences the appearance of outp ut. Case1: If /TRANSLATE precedes /FORMAT, then translation of results will be follo wed by formatting. Case2: If /TRANSLATE succeeds /FORMAT, then translation of the formatted results will be done.
Some parameters may yield similar results, e.g., the results
of a query for DeviceID, DriverName, and
Name on one system are shown below:
c:\>wmic printer get DeviceID, Name DeviceID Name Send To OneNote 2010 Send To OneNote 2010 Ricoh Aficio MP C2500 PCL5c Ricoh Aficio MP C2500 PCL5c Microsoft XPS Document Writer Microsoft XPS Document Writer HP Photosmart 6510 series (Network) HP Photosmart 6510 series (Network) HP Deskjet 6940 series HP Deskjet 6940 series Fax Fax Adobe PDF Adobe PDF c:\>wmic printer get DeviceID, DriverName DeviceID DriverName Send To OneNote 2010 Send To Microsoft OneNote 2010 Driver Ricoh Aficio MP C2500 PCL5c Ricoh Aficio MP C2500 PCL5c Microsoft XPS Document Writer Microsoft XPS Document Writer HP Photosmart 6510 series (Network) HP Photosmart 6510 series HP Deskjet 6940 series HP Deskjet 6940 series Fax Microsoft Shared Fax Driver Adobe PDF Adobe PDF Converter
If I want to check the IP address for a printer, I can use
PortName.
c:\>wmic printer get DeviceID, PortName DeviceID PortName Send To OneNote 2010 nul: Ricoh Aficio MP C2500 PCL5c 192.168.0.90 Microsoft XPS Document Writer XPSPort: HP Photosmart 6510 series (Network) 192.168.0.21 HP Deskjet 6940 series 192.168.0.9 Fax SHRFAX: Adobe PDF Documents\*.pdf c:\>
If I just want the IP address for a particular printer I can specify it
with where DeviceId="printer_deviceid PortName where
printer_deviceid is that printer's device ID. I could also query based
on Name, DriverName, etc.
c:\>wmic printer where DeviceID="HP Deskjet 6940 series" get PortName PortName 192.168.0.9
To check the horizontal and vertical resolution, I can use
HorizontalResolution and VerticalResolution:
c:\>wmic printer get DeviceID, HorizontalResolution, VerticalResolution DeviceID HorizontalResolution VerticalResolution Send To OneNote 2010 600 600 Ricoh Aficio MP C2500 PCL5c 600 600 Microsoft XPS Document Writer 600 600 HP Photosmart 6510 series (Network) 600 600 HP Deskjet 6940 series 600 600 Fax 200 200 Adobe PDF 1200 1200
If I want to see a sharename for a printer, i.e., the name used for a
printer that is a
shared resource for other computers on the network, I can use the
ShareName parameter. E.g., the results for such a command issued
on a Windows Server 2012 system showing a printer shared from another system in
the Windows domain
for which it is the domain controller:
C:\Users\Admin>wmic printer where portname="LPT3:" get deviceid, sharename DeviceID ShareName \\MERGENTHALER.IMAGINATION.local\HP LaserJet 5100 Series PCL6 CSR_HP_5100 C:\Users\Admin>
