Windows 10: List All Installed Printers in Windows 10

How to: List All Installed Printers in Windows 10

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

OPTION ONE [/i] See List of All Installed Printers in Settings
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.













OPTION TWO [/i] See List of All Installed Printers in Control Panel
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)










OPTION THREE [/i] See List of All Installed Printers in PowerShel

*note 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)
*Arrow Get-Printer | Format-List Name

OR

(List installed printers with details)
*Arrow Get-Printer | Format-List

OR

(List installed printers with details to text file on your desktop)
*Arrow Get-Printer | Format-List | Out-File "$env:userprofile\Desktop\Printers.txt"














OPTION FOUR [/i] See List of All Installed Printers in Command Prompt
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)
(List installed printers in command prompt)
*Arrow wmic printer list brief

OR

(List installed printers to text file on your desktop)
*Arrow wmic printer list brief > "%userprofile%\Desktop\Printers.txt"





That's it,
Shawn


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Printer not printing after installing the device on the PC on Windows 10.

Hi Yitzchak,

I suggest you to uninstall and re-install the printer as a work around and check if it helps.

Step 1: Uninstall the printer:

• 
  Press “Windows + X” keys on the keyboard.
  
• 
  Click on “Device Manager” from that list.
  
• 
  Search for the “Printer” device from the device list, right click on it and then select “Uninstall”. On the un-installation window, if you have an option: “Delete the driver software for
  this device” you may select that and then remove its drivers from the computer.
  
• 
  Follow the on-screen instructions to complete it and the restart the computer if prompted.
  

You may also uninstall any related software provided by the printer manufacturer from the computer from “Programs and Features”. For this, you may follow these steps:

• 
  Press “Windows + X” keys on the keyboard and select “Programs and Features” from that list.
  
• 
  Search for any software provided by the printer manufacturer in the program list and if available, you may select it and click on “Uninstall” to remove it from the computer.
  
• 
  Follow the on-screen instructions to complete it and the restart the computer if prompted.
  

Step 2: Install a Printer

Refer to the below link about: Install a printer

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/install-printer#install-printer=windows-8

Hope this helps.

 

Print to PDF missing in Printer List

Hi William,

We suggest that you disable and re-enable the Print to PDF feature. Here are the steps:

• Click on the Start menu and type in Windows Features.
• Choose Turn Windows features on or off.
• On the next window, find Microsoft Print to PDF and disable it. Click
  OK to save changes.
• Restart your PC.
• Repeat the same steps to re-enable Microsoft Print to PDF.

If the issue persists, we suggest that you perform the troubleshooting steps suggested on the link below under
Advanced:

Fix printer problems

Regards.

 

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"No printers have been installed" after the HP Printers were installed with windows 10 approved drivers

Hi,

Thank

you for your reply. I understand the inconvenience you faced. I will certainly help you with this. I suggest you to try running Windows app troubleshooter and check if it helps:

Method 1:

I suggest you to try running Printer troubleshooter and check if it fixes the issue. To do so kindly follow the below given steps:

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar.

• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click on Printer.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
• Check if issue persists.

Method 2:

This issue may arise due to printer’s driver incompatibility with Windows 10. I suggest you to install the drivers in compatibility mode and check if it helps.
To do so kindly follow the below given steps:

• Right click on printer’s driver that you have downloaded from manufacturer website.
  
• Click/tap on Properties.
• Check the Run this program in Compatibility mode for under
  Compatibility tab
• Select Windows 8.1/8 from the drop down under
  Compatibility mode section.
• Click on Apply and Ok.
• Install the drivers, restart PC and check if issue is resolved.

Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.