Question

I have a printer server which hosts around 1000 printers. I want to delete one of these.

I am currently using this command:

$p = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_printer -ComputerName $server -namespace "root\CIMV2" -filter "name='printer0456'"

It works, it finds the printer, and then I can use this command to delete it:

$p.delete()

But what freaks the hell out of me, is that it takes like 2-3 minutes for the first command to find the printer. To me, it makes to sense at all.

Is there something I am doing wrong, or something else I can use to delete a printer faster ?

EDIT: check my response

That way, it only fetch until it founds the correct printer, instead of parsing the whole printer list.

Answer 1

TEMPORARY SOLUTION I HAVE FOUND

$p = $null
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_printer -ComputerName $server|ForEach-Object{
    if($_.name -eq "printer0456"){
        $p = $_
        break
    }
}
if($p -ne $null){
    $p.delete()
}