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Remove-UnusedPrinterdrivers

SYNOPSIS

Remove unused printer drivers from a specified print server.

SYNTAX

Remove-UnusedPrinterdrivers [-PrintServerName] <String> [-force] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This function identifies and removes printer drivers from a specified print server that are not being used by any printers. It excludes default drivers such as "Microsoft", "Remote Desktop", and "Generic / Text Only". The function provides an option to force the removal of unused drivers.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Remove-UnusedPrinterdrivers -PrintServerName "SRVPRINT01"

Identifies unused printer drivers on the print server "SRVPRINT01" and lists them for potential removal.

EXAMPLE 2

Remove-UnusedPrinterdrivers -PrintServerName "SRVPRINT01" -Force

Removes all unused printer drivers from the print server "SRVPRINT01" without requiring confirmation.

PARAMETERS

-PrintServerName

The name of the print server to clean up.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-force

A switch to force the removal of unused printer drivers without additional confirmation.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

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