Every now and again you come across the issue of printers…..

Most people in larger environment will use Group Policy to manage your printer deployment, certainly in Windows Vista/7 this was made a lot easier with the enhancement of group policy.

This script was included with Windows XP and has appeared in subsequent versions of Windows.

C:\>cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs /?
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Usage: prnmngr [-adxgtl?][c] [-s server][-p printer][-m driver model]
               [-r port][-u user name][-w password]
 Arguments:
 -a     - add local printer
 -ac    - add printer connection
 -d     - delete printer
 -g     - get the default printer
 -l     - list printers
 -m     - driver model
 -p     - printer name
 -r     - port name
 -s     - server name
 -t     - set the default printer
 -u     - user name
 -w     - password
 -x     - delete all printers
 -xc    - delete all printer connections
 -xo    - delete all local printers
 -?     - display command usage
Examples:
 prnmngr -a -p "printer" -m "driver" -r "lpt1:"
 prnmngr -d -p "printer" -s server
 prnmngr -ac -p "\\server\printer"
 prnmngr -d -p "\\server\printer"
 prnmngr -x -s server
 prnmngr -xo
 prnmngr -l -s server
 prnmngr -g
 prnmngr -t -p "\\server\printer"

A couple of handy commands to get you started

Remove all network connected printers:

cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs -xc

If you prefer your approach to be a little more precise, then below is the script I use for removing particular printers and their drivers from machine. Also a very handy way for dealing with 64 bit and 32 bit Windows printers….

rem Remove all Kyocera Drivers
 rem Check Environment
 IF NOT "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" (goto ARP64) else (goto ARP86)
 REM 64 Bit
 :ARP64
 cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prndrvr.vbs -d -m "Kyocera FS-2020D KX" -v 3 -e "Windows x64"
 cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prndrvr.vbs -d -m "Kyocera TASKalfa 500ci KX" -v 3 -e "Windows x64"
 goto End
 REM 32 Bit
 :ARP86
 cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prndrvr.vbs -d -m "Kyocera FS-2020D KX" -v 3 -e "Windows NT x86"
 cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prndrvr.vbs -d -m "Kyocera TASKalfa 500ci KX" -v 3 -e "Windows NT x86"
 goto End
 :End