Let’s use the Get-Printer cmdlet earlier to list the printers installed on print server HOST7:
PS C:\> Get-Printer -ComputerName HOST7 | Format-List Name,DriverName
Name : Samsung CLP-410 Series PCL6
DriverName : Samsung CLP-410 Series PCL6
Name : HP LaserJet 4200L PCL6
DriverName : HP LaserJet 4200L PCL6 Class Driver
Name : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
DriverName : Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4
Name : HP LaserJet 5200 PCL6
DriverName : HP LaserJet 5200 PCL6 Class Driver
The drivers for the two HP printers have “Class Driver” in their names, which indicates they are v4 drivers, and the driver for the Microsoft XPS Document Writer printer is clearly a v4 driver as well. But what about the Samsung driver? The driver for this printer has neither “v4” nor “Class Driver” in its driver name, so could it be a v3 driver instead of a v4 type?
An easy way to determine this is to use the Get-PrinterDriver cmdlet like this:
PS C:\> Get-PrinterDriver -ComputerName HOST7 -Name “Samsung*”
Name PrinterEnvironment MajorVersion Manufacturer
—- —————— ———— ————
Samsung CLP-410 Series PCL6 Windows x64 4 Samsung
Clearly, the Samsung driver is of the v4 type.
The above tip was excerpted from Mitch Tulloch’s book Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 from Microsoft Press.
Mitch is a nine-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award and a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, deployment and virtualization. For more information see http://www.mtit.com.
