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Quick Tip - Create New LPR Printers Using PowerShell

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Quick Tip - Create New LPR Printers Using PowerShell

There are a bunch of overloads for Add-Printer and Add-PrinterPort to accommodate different kinds of printers and ports. I found it tough, however, to find real examples of how to use these cmdlets to add LPR printers and ports. Not TCP/IP, not TCPLPR, not local ports. I figured it out, though, and now here’s how I did it.

foreach ($printer in $(Get-Content -Path 'c:\temp\printers.txt')
{
    Add-PrinterPort -ComputerName PrintServer -PrinterName $printer -HostName 'PrinterHostName'
    Add-Printer -ComputerName PrintServer -DriverName 'Name Of Your Driver' -PortName "PrinterHostName:$printer" -Name $printer
}

There are no real surprises here. It’s just a matter of finding the right combinations of parameters and their values to make LPR printers and ports happen. In this example, I’m creating a bunch of them out of a list I have in a file.

Written on October 28, 2015

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