Get printer

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Retrieve the properties and relationships of a printer object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

To use the Universal Print service, the user or app's tenant must have an active Universal Print subscription, in addition to the permissions listed in the following table. The signed-in user must be a Printer administrator.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Printer.Read.All, Printer.ReadWrite.All, Printer.FullControl.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not Supported.
Application	Printer.Read.All, Printer.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /print/printers/{id}
GET /print/shares/{id}/printer

Optional query parameters

This method supports some OData query parameters including $select, $expand to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.

For example

GET /print/printers/{id}?$select=id,displayName,capabilities

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a printer object in the response body. By default, the response doesn't contain printerCapabilities. To get printerCapabilities, use the $select query parameter.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/print/printers/{id}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Print.Printers["{printer-id}"].GetAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta print printers get --printer-id {printer-id}

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



printers, err := graphClient.Print().Printers().ByPrinterId("printer-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Printer result = graphClient.print().printers().byPrinterId("{printer-id}").get();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let printer = await client.api('/print/printers/{id}')
	.version('beta')
	.get();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->escapedPrint()->printers()->byPrinterId('printer-id')->get()->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Devices.CloudPrint

Get-MgBetaPrintPrinter -PrinterId $printerId

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


result = await graph_client.print.printers.by_printer_id('printer-id').get()

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#print/printers/$entity",
  "id": "016b5565-3bbf-4067-b9ff-4d68167eb1a6",
  "displayName": "PrinterName",
  "manufacturer": "PrinterManufacturer",
  "model": "PrinterModel",
  "isShared": true,
  "registeredDateTime": "2020-02-04T00:00:00.0000000Z",
  "isAcceptingJobs": true,
  "status": {
     "state": "stopped",
    "details": [
      "disconnected"
    ],
    "description": ""
  },
  "defaults": {
    "copiesPerJob": 1,
    "finishings": [
      "none"
    ],
    "mediaColor": "Unknown",
    "mediaType": "stationery",
    "mediaSize": "North America Letter",
    "pagesPerSheet": 1,
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "outputBin": "auto",
    "inputBin": "auto",
    "contentType": "application/oxps",
    "fitPdfToPage": false,
    "multipageLayout": null,
    "colorMode": "color",
    "quality": "medium",
    "duplexMode": "oneSided",
    "dpi": 600,
    "scaling": null
  },
  "location": {
    "latitude": 1.1,
    "longitude": 2.2,
    "altitudeInMeters": 3,
    "streetAddress": "One Microsoft Way",
    "subUnit": [
        "Main Plaza",
        "Unit 400"
    ],
    "city": "Redmond",
    "postalCode": "98052",
    "countryOrRegion": "USA",
    "site": "Puget Sound",
    "building": "Studio E",
    "floor": "1",
    "floorDescription": "First Floor",
    "roomName": "1234",
    "roomDescription": "First floor copy room",
    "organization": [
        "C+AI",
        "Microsoft Graph"
    ],
    "subdivision": [
        "King County",
        "Red West"
    ],
    "stateOrProvince": "Washington"
  }
}

The following example shows the response, when using $select=id,displayName,capabilities

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#print/printers/$entity",
  "id": "016b5565-3bbf-4067-b9ff-4d68167eb1a6",
  "displayName": "PrinterName",
  "capabilities": {
    "isColorPrintingSupported": true,
    "supportsFitPdfToPage": false,
    "contentTypes": [
      "application/pdf",
      "image/pwg-raster",
      "application/PCLm"
    ],
    "isPageRangeSupported": false,
    "qualities": [
      "medium"
    ],
    "dpis": [
      600
    ],
    "duplexModes": [
      "oneSided",
      "flipOnLongEdge",
      "flipOnShortEdge"
    ],
    "finishings": [
      "none"
    ],
    "mediaTypes": [
      "stationery"
    ],
    "mediaSizes": [
      "North America Letter"
    ],
    "outputBins": [
      "tray-1"
    ],
    "colorModes": [
      "grayscale",
      "color"
    ],
    "inputBins": [
      "tray-1"
    ],
    "collation": true,
    "scalings": [
      "fill"
    ],
    "copiesPerJob": {
      "start": 1,
      "end": 38
    }
  }
}