AddPrinterDriver - powershell.one

Creates a new printer driver.

Example

Do not run below example code just to see what happens next. Many methods seriously affect your system. Always make sure you actually understand what the method and the code do.

# define the arguments you want to submit to the method
# remove values that you do not want to submit
# make sure you replace values with meaningful content before running the code
# see section "Parameters" below for a description of each argument.
$arguments = @{
    DriverInfo      = 12345  # replace 12345 with a meaningful value
}


Invoke-CimMethod -ClassName Win32_PrinterDriver -Namespace Root/CIMV2 -MethodName AddPrinterDriver -Arguments $arguments |
Add-Member -MemberType ScriptProperty -Name ReturnValueFriendly -Passthru -Value {
  switch ([int]$this.ReturnValue)
  {
        0        {'Success'}
        5        {'Access denied'}
        1797     {'The printer driver is unknown'}
        default  {'Unknown Error '}
    }
}

To run this method on one or more remote systems, use New-CimSession:

$ComputerName = 'server12','server14'  # adjust to your server names
$Credential   = Get-Credential         # submit a user account with proper permissions

# define the arguments you want to submit to the method
# remove values that you do not want to submit
# make sure you replace values with meaningful content before running the code
# see section "Parameters" below for a description of each argument.
$arguments = @{
    DriverInfo      = 12345  # replace 12345 with a meaningful value
}


$session = New-CimSession -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Credential

Invoke-CimMethod -ClassName Win32_PrinterDriver -Namespace Root/CIMV2 -MethodName AddPrinterDriver -Arguments $arguments -CimSession $session |
Add-Member -MemberType ScriptProperty -Name ReturnValueFriendly -Passthru -Value {
  switch ([int]$this.ReturnValue)
  {
        0        {'Success'}
        5        {'Access denied'}
        1797     {'The printer driver is unknown'}
        default  {'Unknown Error '}
    }
}


Remove-CimSession -CimSession $session

Learn more about Invoke-CimMethod and invoking WMI methods.

Syntax

uint32 AddPrinterDriver(
  [in] Win32_PrinterDriver DriverInfo
);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
DriverInfo	Object	The DriverInfo parameter specifies the neccessary inforation needed in order to create the printer driver.

Return Value

Returns a value of type UInt32. Return values:

$returnValues = @{
    0    = 'Success'
    5    = 'Access denied'
    1797 = 'The printer driver is unknown'
}

Requirements

To use Win32_PrinterDriver, the following requirements apply:

PowerShell

Get-CimInstance was introduced with PowerShell Version 3.0, which in turn was introduced on clients with Windows 8 and on servers with Windows Server 2012.

If necessary, update Windows PowerShell to Windows PowerShell 5.1, or install PowerShell 7 side-by-side.

Operating System

Win32_PrinterDriver was introduced on clients with WindowsÂ Vista and on servers with Windows ServerÂ 2008.

Namespace

Win32_PrinterDriver lives in the Namespace Root/CIMV2. This is the default namespace. There is no need to use the -Namespace parameter in Get-CimInstance.

Implementation

Win32_PrinterDriver is implemented in CIMWin32.dll and defined in Win32_Printer.mof. Both files are located in the folder C:\Windows\system32\wbem:

explorer $env:windir\system32\wbem
notepad $env:windir\system32\wbem\Win32_Printer.mof

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