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Deploy Universal Print printers to users through PowerShell?
Hi all, we're currently using PrinterLogic to manage printers for users and we're hoping to move to Universal Print. Ideally, we'd like a seamless one-to-one transition, meaning that each PrinterLo...
I found a solution to this. I used procmon to watch UPPrinterInstaller.exe to work out exactly what it was doing.
First, you need to create a registry key named after the Share ID of the printer share you want to install:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\PrinterProvisioning\UPPrinterInstalls\<Share ID>
Add the following values:
CloudDeviceId = <Printer ID>
PrinterSharedName = <Printer Share Name>
ErrorCode = 0
Install = ""
Status = 8
Next, run the UP installer from C:\Windows\System32\upprinterinstaller.exe with the following arguments:
-install
-printersharedid <Share ID>
-usersid <User SID>
-omadmaccountid <MDM/Intune Account ID, sourced from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Enrollments>
-correlationid <randomly generate a GUID>