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Question

I'm trying to use Powershell to automate installation of a Sharp MX-3070N printer. I can successfully add the printer with:

Add-PrinterPort -Name "printer3" -PrinterHostAddress "10.65.20.50"

Add-PrinterDriver -Name "Microsoft IPP Class Driver"

Add-Printer -Name "sharpmx3070n" -DriverName "Microsoft IPP Class Driver" -PortName "printer3"

Problem is, I'm not then able to change most printing preferences (colour, quality etc). Only orientation can be set.

https://i.imgur.com/ogqjVUU.png

But if I add the printer manually via clicking in the "printers and scanners" settings, I get the full selection of preferences.

I can't see any difference between my Powershell-created printer and my mouse-click-created printer other than the port type (TCP/IP vs IPP - would that possibly affect being able to set preferences?).

Answer 1

OK it was indeed driver-related (or at least I fixed it by changing to the proper drivers). For anyone who happens to be using Ansible / Powershell to automate the installation of this printer:

- name: install Sharp MX3070N driver
  win_shell: pnputil /add-driver "C:\sharp-mx3070n\su0emenu.inf" /install

- name: add printer port
  win_shell: Add-PrinterPort -Name "printer3" -PrinterHostAddress "yourprintersIP"

- name: add printer driver
  win_shell: Add-PrinterDriver -Name "SHARP MX-3070N PCL6" # if this string is not known, grab from .inf file

- name: add printer
  win_shell: Add-Printer -Name "sharpmx3070n" -DriverName "SHARP MX-3070N PCL6" -PortName "printer3"

- name: black and white printing
  win_shell: Set-PrintConfiguration -PrinterName "sharpmx3070n" -Color 0 # B&W

- name: single-sided printing
  win_shell: Set-PrintConfiguration -PrinterName "sharpmx3070n" -DuplexingMode 'OneSided'