Windows Powershell – Manage Printers and Printer Ports

Reference this documenation for more commands and options. This works only in Windows 10
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/printmanagement/?view=win10-ps

here are some example commands to add port, view printers, and update their port configurations. These are running from batch shell.

powershell -Command "Add-PrinterPort -Name "10.3.0.50" -PrinterHostAddress "10.3.0.50" -SNMP 1 -SNMPCommunity public"
powershell -Command "Add-PrinterPort -Name "10.3.0.51" -PrinterHostAddress "10.3.0.51" -SNMP 1 -SNMPCommunity public"
powershell -Command "get-printer"
powershell -Command "Set-Printer -Name CanonBW -PortName "10.3.0.51""
powershell -Command "Set-Printer -Name CanonColor -PortName "10.3.0.50""

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