gwmi win32_printer | select Name

Cheers,

Darrin Henshaw
Twitter: @darrin.henshaw

(get-item “hkcu:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts”).GetValueNames()

Use the name as listed for Out-Printer. Networked printers need the UNC. You can still turn this into a function if you’d like:

Function Get-Printer { (get-item “hkcu:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts”).GetValueNames() }

That’s much easier, don’t you think?

Grabbed your function and started testing with it. Works great for local printers, but it didn’t even notice my networked ones. Checked the registry key and there were no entries for my network printers.

Made a little switch, and used a different registry key but doesn’t have information like driver and port:

function Get-Printer {

$printers = @(Get-ChildItem ‘registry::\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion’|where {$_.name -match “PrinterPorts”}|Select-Object -expand property)

foreach ($printer in $printers) {
$Name=$printer.ToString()

$obj=New-Object PSObject
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name “Name” -Value $Name

write $obj

} #end ForEach

} #End Function

Set-Alias gpr Get-Printer
Get-Printer

No doubt there are other ways of doing it, but I thought to mention it. Cheers.