Chapter 8. Managing Printers with PowerShell

This chapter covers the following recipes:

  • Setting up and sharing printers
  • Changing printer drivers
  • Reporting on printer security
  • Adding and removing printer security
  • Mapping clients to printers
  • Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing
  • Reporting on printer usage

Introduction

From an architectural standpoint, there have been major changes in Server 2012. New in Server 2012 is the inclusion of Version 4 drivers, which greatly improves the installation and support of printers and removes the need for cross-platform drivers. There are now two types of printer drivers available: printer class and model-specific. Printer class drivers support a wide range of devices with a single driver. Model-specific drivers are often ...

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