Get printer names, IP addresses and drivers from a computer using WMI.

Question

Hello,
I found the following PowerShell script in this forum, it works very well. Is it possible to export the users and groups of the installed printers.
If possible, not the SID but the username in plain text

$ReportFileName = "c:\printerreport.csv" 
$PrintServersList="c:\PrintServersList.txt" 

$servers =  Get-Content -Path $PrintServersList 
$allprinters = @() 
foreach( $server in $servers ){ 
Write-Host "checking $server ..." 
$printers = $null 
$printers = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Printer -computername $server | select Name,Shared,ShareName,Local, DriverName, PortName,@{n="PrinterIp";e={(((gwmi win32_tcpipprinterport -ComputerName $server -filter "name='$($_.PortName)'") | select HostAddress).HostAddress)}},@{n='PrintServer';e={$_.SystemName}}, Location,Comment,SpoolEnabled,Published
$allprinters += $printers 
 } 
 Write-Host "exporting to printers.csv" 
$allprinters | Export-CSV -Path $ReportFileName -NoTypeInformation -Force -Encoding UTF8
Write-Host "Done!"

Answer 1

Hi，

This will remove the duplicate trustee names.

 $ReportFileName = "C:\printerreport.csv"   
 $PrintServersList="C:\PrintServersList.txt"           
 $servers =  Get-Content -Path $PrintServersList   
 $allprinters = @()    
 foreach( $server in $servers ){   
 Write-Host "checking $server ..."   
 $printers = $null   
 $printers = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Printer -computername $server |   
     select Name,Shared,ShareName,Local, DriverName, PortName,  
     @{n="PrinterIp";e={(((gwmi win32_tcpipprinterport -ComputerName $server -filter "name='$($_.PortName)'") | select HostAddress).HostAddress)}},  
     @{n='PrintServer';e={$_.SystemName}}, Location,Comment,SpoolEnabled,Published,  
     @{n='Trustee Name';e={(($_.GetSecurityDescriptor()).Descriptor.DACL.Trustee.Name | Select-Object -Unique) -join ','}}  
     @{n='Trustee SID';e={($_.GetSecurityDescriptor()).Descriptor.DACL.Trustee.SIDString -join ','}}  
     $allprinters += $printers    
   }       
 Write-Host "exporting to printers.csv"   
 $allprinters | Export-CSV -Path $ReportFileName -NoTypeInformation -Force -Encoding UTF8  
 Write-Host "Done!"  

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Is this to be run from the printer server itself?

I have to export driver information from around 150 print servers across the state. I would like to find a script that will grab all this info without logging into every print server and doing an export.