Display, add, remove or set default printer.
Syntax
PRNMNGR [-options] [-s server][-p printer_name][-m driver model]
[-r port][-u user_name][-w password]
Options
-l list printers
-a add local printer
-ac add printer connection
-g get the default printer
-t set the default printer
-d delete printer
-x delete all printers
Examples
prnmngr -a -p "printer" -m "driver" -r "lpt1:" prnmngr -d -p "printer" -s server prnmngr -ac -p "\\server\printer" prnmngr -d -p "\\server\printer" prnmngr -x -s server prnmngr -l -s server prnmngr -l |find "Printer name" prnmngr -g prnmngr -t -p "\\server\printer"
“We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory” ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
Related:
CON2PRT - Connect or disconnect a Printer
NET VIEW \\Printserver - to view a list of available printers
NET PRINT - View and Delete print jobs
PRNCNFG - Add, delete, or list printers / connections, set the default printer.
PRNDRVR - Add, delete or list printer drivers.
PRNJOBS - Pause, resume, cancel, or list print jobs
PRNPORT - Create, delete, or list TCP/IP printer ports, change port configuration.
PRNQCTL - Print a test page, pause or resume a printer, clear a printer queue.
PRINT - Print a text file
RUNDLL32 - Install/Remove Printers (plus advanced options)
WMIC PRINTER - Set printing options through WMI.
Q246868 - New TCP/IP
Printing Options in the Windows Standard Port Monitor
Add printer - .AddPrinterConnection
Add Network printer - .AddWindowsPrinterConnection
List printers - .EnumPrinterConnections
Set default printer - .SetDefaultPrinter
Equivalent bash command (Linux): lpc - Line printer control program
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