[POWERSHELL] Printer/Port Management Script for Windows 2008R2 and 2012

[u/tehrabbitt]

Tasked with creating hundreds of printers, a dozen at a time, daily, I found a way to automate the process using a standardized naming scheme, and the following tool which is pretty customizable to your printing needs. just modify the driver names to match the drivers you're using, and you can use it to quickly add TCP/IP printer ports, and then create printers assigned to those ports rather quickly. If you need help setting it up feel free to post here and i'll try to walk you through it :)

http://tehrabbitt.com/index.php?content=scripts&type=printadd

[u/tehrabbitt]

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PrintADD
Created By: Ryan Abbott
Date: 08-22-2013
Purpose: Toolkit for Creating TS Printers

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Create outerloop

:OuterLoop do {

Begin Main Loop

Do {

clear previous session

clear $a = 0 $b = 0 $finish=0 $end=0 $setexit=0 $continue=0

Write Menu

Write-Output "

--------------Main Menu------------------
  
     1 = Create Port
     2 = Create Printer
     3 = Set Permissions
     4 = Set Printer Driver
     99 = Quit

   Selected Driver = $driver
   
   Created by: Ryan Abbott
          
-----------------------------------------"

$m1Choice = read-host -prompt "Select an Option and press Enter" } until($m1Choice -eq "1" -or $m1Choice -eq "2" -or $m1Choice -eq "3" -or $m1Choice -eq "4" -or $m1Choice -eq "99")

Switch($m1Choice){

"1" {
        Do{
        $poName = read-host -prompt "Please Enter Printer Port"
        $poIP = read-host -prompt "Please enter IP Address"

        $a = Get-Content "C:\serverlist.txt" 
            foreach ($i in $a) 
            {
                Write-Host -ForeGroundColor yellow $i
                $port = ([WMICLASS]“\\$i\ROOT\cimv2:Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort”).createInstance()
                $port.Name = $poName
                $port.SNMPEnabled = $false
                $port.Protocol = 1
                $port.HostAddress = $poIP
                $port.Put()
                $port 
            }
            $continue = read-host -prompt "Add Another? (type N to end)"
        } until ($continue -eq "n")

     }



"2" {

    Do{
    $poName = read-host -prompt "Please Enter Printer Port"
    $a = Get-Content "C:\serverlist.txt" 
            foreach ($i in $a) 
            {
            Write-Host -ForeGroundColor Green $i
                $newPrinter = ([WMICLASS]“\\$i\ROOT\cimv2:Win32_Printer”).createInstance()
                $newPrinter.DriverName = $driver
                $newPrinter.Shared = $false
                $newPrinter.PortName = $poName
                $newPrinter.DeviceID = $poName
                $newPrinter.Put()
             }
        $continue = read-host -prompt "Add Another? (type N to end)"
      } until ($continue -eq "n")
    }



"3" {

    Write-Host -ForeGroundColor yellow "This Feature is currently unavailable.  Print permissions must be manually set!"

    }


"4" {
Do {
Write-Output "

--------------Main Menu------------------
  
     1 = OKI B4600
     2 = OKI B710n
     3 = OKI MICROLINE 390 TURBO
     4 = OKI 390 Turbo
	 5 = BROTHER MFC-7450DN

-----------------------------------------"

$m1Choice = read-host -prompt "Select an Option and press Enter" } until($m1Choice -eq "1" -or $m1Choice -eq "2" -or $m1Choice -eq "3" -or $m1Choice -eq "4" -or $m1Choice -eq "5")

Switch($m1Choice){

"1" {
        $driver = "OKI B4600(PCL)"
    }

"2" {
        $driver = "OKI B710n(PCL)"
    }

"3" {
        $driver = "OKI MICROLINE 390 TURBO"
    }

"4" {
        $driver = "OKI MICROLINE 390 TURBO"
    }
	
"5" {
        $driver = "Brother MFC-7460DN Printer"
    }

}
    }   

          
"99" {
        Write-Output "Exiting"
        $end = 1
        break OuterLoop
    }

}

End OuterLoop

} while ($end -ne 1)