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Asked: 2026-06-18T23:49:21+00:00

I’m at a loss. I figured using either set-printer or set-printerproperty I would be

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I’m at a loss. I figured using either set-printer or set-printerproperty I would be able to modify the caption and description fields for a printer (ultimately 1000’s of printers), but I keep hitting a wall. Nether caption or description are a parameter or propertyname (when using set-printerproperty) according to the error message. But when I run both through Get-member, it looks like they are.

Get-Printer -ComputerName dcr-team-tst-01 -Name "Microsoft XPS Document Writer"  | gm
Get-PrinterProperty -ComputerName dcr-team-tst-01 -printername "Microsoft XPS Document Writer"  | gm

So if I can’t set those properties from either of those set commands anyone know where I can modify them?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Caption and Description is just an inherited property from the the CIM_ManagedSystemElement class. Description is available on printer objects, but from what I know, it is set by the driver. That’s why it just says “Unavailable” when you look go into Properties of the printer.

    To sum up: you can not use the Caption and Description properties. Use Comment and Location to provide information.

    EDIT Source: MSDN Win32_Printer class

    Description

    Data type: string

    Access type: Read-only

    Description of an object. This property is inherited from
    CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

    And

    Caption

    Data type: string

    Access type: Read-onlyQualifiers: MaxLen (64)

    Short description of an object—a one-line string. This property is
    inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement

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