How to List All Installed Printers in Windows 10
If you have installed printers on your Windows 10 device, then you may want to see a list of all installed printer along with the printer details and properties.
This tutorial will show you how to see a list all installed printers and see their properties in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: See List of All Installed Printers in Settings
- Option Two: See List of All Installed Printers in Control Panel
- Option Three: See List of All Installed Printers in PowerShell
- Option Four: See List of All Installed Printers in Command Prompt
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.
2 Click/tap on Printers & scanners on the left side, and see a list of all Printers & scanners on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 To see the properties of a printer: (see screenshots below)
A) Click/tap on a listed printer on the right side, and click/tap on the Manage button.
B) Click/tap on the Printer properties link.
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Devices and Printers icon.
2 Under Printers, you will see a list of all installed printers. (see screenshot below)
3 To see the properties of a printer, right click or press and hold on a listed printer, and click/tap on Printer properties. (see screenshots below)
To see more usage options for the Get-Printer command, see: Get-Printer | Microsoft Docs
1 Open PowerShell.
2 Copy and paste the command below you want to use into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)
(List only names of installed printers)
Get-Printer | Format-List Name
OR
(List installed printers with details)
Get-Printer | Format-List
OR
(List installed printers with details to text file on your desktop)
Get-Printer | Format-List | Out-File "$env:userprofile\Desktop\Printers.txt"
1 Open a command prompt.
2 Copy and paste the command below you want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)
That's it,
Shawn
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