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Add 32-bit printer drivers to 64-bit windows server programmatically. Ask Question. Up vote 1 down vote favorite. GOAL: To install both x64 and x32 drivers for printers on a Windows 2012 R2 print server automatically. INFORMATION: So far, I've been able to install x64 print drivers with no problem. The Add-PrinterDriver cmdlet installs a printer driver on the specified computer. You cannot use wildcard characters with Add-PrinterDriver. You can use Add-PrinterDriver in a Windows PowerShell remoting session. You need administrator credentials to run Add-PrinterDriver.

I am learning Powershell Scripting as I move my work environment to Windows 10. The script below is to be edited by the SysAdmin (for the list of Print Queues and Printer Drivers) to specify what needs to be removed, then outputs what it did. I am looking for whether the Powershell syntax / convention is followed. This script will be distributed to other SysAdmins in my team when completed.

Add-printer remotely. That assumes the driver is on the client PC already. Also note this is NOT run thru a PSSession or Invoke-Command. The Add-Printer and Add-Printerport have a -computername parameter. PowerShell provides the ability to manage, configure, and administer printers, including permissions. Although the native PrintManagement PowerShell module is deficient in its ability to provide permissions management, the Set-PrinterPermissions script is a great way to manage permissions on both locally attached printers and printers found on a print server. As said above i have done an almost identical part of the script for adding the printer-port(i left it out of the example), and that part works absolutely fine. Is it because my.CSV is inputting something wrong to the instance? Put isnt recognized as a method of System.Management.ManagementObject# Win32Printer, so i did'nt work:(. Use PowerShell to add a printer driver. Answer: Use the Add-PrinterDriver function and specify the driver by name. Here is an example: Add-PrinterDriver -Name 'Generic / Text Only' Mitch Tulloch is a nine-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award and a widely recognized expert on Windows administration. Here's a tip from my colleague Ed Wilson (the Microsoft Scripting Guy) about how to use Windows PowerShell to add a printer driver. Question: How can you use Windows PowerShell 3 on Windows 8 to install a printer driver – either locally or remotely? Answer: Use the Add-PrinterDriver function and specify the driver by name. Here is an example.

The script currently starts by declaring variables that will be used throughout the script. The variables tell the script which print queues to remove, and what print drivers to remove. It then loops through the arrays, removing the printers requested.

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Before relying on old VBS scripts, it pays to check what native PowerShell tools you have available:

So your script reduces to something like this:

Note that I didn't put in the removing excess printer driver logic. I'm not exactly sure what that does.

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Note also the -WhatIf parameters. They stop the commands from actually executing. You would remove those when you are satisfied that the script will do what you want it to do.

Instead of putting comments at the top of the script, you can use the PowerShell help system:

That way you can do a help MyScript -detail

It's probably a good idea to use parameters to the script rather than getting people to edit it:

That way if you update the script, you can just copy it over the old one. The users don't have to merge them. You would make another script that contains the actual parameters, and that one would call this one.

One last thing, I like to put the following near the top of my scripts. It helps to avoid some bugs.

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How do I actually add a driver to the DriverStore?

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Today I wanted to quickly write about how you can add additional drivers to the DriverStore.

Powershell Add Printer Driver To Driverstore

All drivers are stored in the so called DriverStore, which is located under %SYSTEMDRIVE%WindowsSystem32DriverStore.

You can use the built-in command line tool pnputil to add or remove drivers.

How does it work?

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1. Start an elevated command prompt (Start, type CMD, hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter)
2. Adding a driver:
• Pnputil.exe -a c:LOCATION_OF_DRIVERDRIVER_NAME.inf
  The location can be either local or remote
• Pnputil.exe -a C:LOCATION_OF_DRIVER*.inf
  Copy all drivers from that folder
3. Deleting a driver:
• Pnputil.exe -d DRIVER_NAME_inf

You can find more information about pnputil at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff550428(v=vs.85).aspx.

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