We might have installed or removed a lot of printers in our system over a period of time. Also, there are situations , when we have to add a Printer Driver like Adobe printer, Microsoft Print to PDF, OneNote Printer to our system. At times, we might want to know the list of Printers that are present in the system currently. In this article, we will show you different ways to list all the Printers in Windows 10.
Method 1: From Settings
Step 1: From your keyboard hold the keys , Windows+r at the same time to open the Run window.
Step 2: Type ms-settings:printers and press OK
Step 3: In the appearing window, at the right-hand side, you can see the list of printers installed in the system.
Method 2 : From Control Panel
Step 1: Hold the keys Windows+r together to open the Run window.
Step 2: Type control /name Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters and press OK
Step 3: In the appearing window, under the Printers section, you can see all the Printers listed.
If you are not seeing the printers, expand the Printers section by clicking on the arrow just before Printers heading.
Method 3: From Command Prompt
Step 1: Press the keys Windows+r at the same time to open the Run window.
Step 2: Type cmd and click on OK
Step 3: In the command prompt window that opens, type the following command and hit Enter:
wmic printer list brief
Method 4: From PowerShell
Step 1: Press the keys Windows+r together to open the Run window.
Step 2: Type powershell and click on OK
Step 3: In the power shell window, type any of the following commands and press Enter :
To List the names of the printer, run the below command
Get-Printer | Format-List Name
To List the details of the printer, run the below command
Get-Printer | Format-List
Method 5 : From Printers folders
Step 1: Open the Run window by holding Windows+r keys together.
Step 2: In the window, type explorer shell:PrintersFolder and press OK
Step 3: In the Printers Folder we can see all the Printers listed as shown below
Method 6: From Device Manager
Step 1: Open the Run window by holding Windows+r buttons at the same time.
Step 2: In the run window that shows up, type explorer shell:PrintersFolder and press OK
Step 3: In the Device Management window that appears, expand Print queues section by clicking on the arrow next to it. We can see the printers listed
That’s All. Hope this was useful. Please comment and let us know the one that you use most.