Powershell printer script

Question

I will translate my question in english so that everyone can read it!

Am not really good in powershell i work on it for 3 days.

I need to create a powershell script to show what is the default printer selected in the computer ( example : PrinterA ) before the execute a line to select another printer as default printer ( PrinterB ) .

After that i need to reset the old default printer ( PrinterA ).

I execute line:

Get-WmiObject -query " SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Default=$true"

to show default printer but i dont know how to memorize it.

To select the ( printeB ), I do:

RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /y /n "PrinteB"

Can you help me please ?

Answer 1

I'd use

$OldDefaultPrinter = (Get-WmiObject win32_printer | Where-Object Default -eq $True).Name

To store the current default printer in a variable.

To restore with your method

RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /y /n "$OldDefaultPrinter"

Answer 2

you did not mention the specific version of Powershell that you are using. [ grin ] presuming you are running ps5.1 on win10, you can use the print management cmdlets to do what you need. take a look at this ...

PrintManagement
— https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/printmanagement/?view=win10-ps

the Get-Printer cmdlet will get info about the available printers. the Set-Printer cmdlet will let you set the default printer.