Get printer

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Retrieve the properties and relationships of a printer object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

To use the Universal Print service, the user or app's tenant must have an active Universal Print subscription, in addition to the permissions listed in the following table. The signed in user must be a Printer Administrator.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Printer.Read.All, Printer.ReadWrite.All, Printer.FullControl.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not Supported.
Application	Printer.Read.All, Printer.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /print/printers/{id}
GET /print/shares/{id}/printer

Optional query parameters

This method supports some of the OData query parameters, including $select and $expand, to help customize the response. For example:

GET /print/printers/{id}?$select=id,displayName,capabilities

For general information, see OData query parameters.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a printer object in the response body. By default, the response doesn't contain printerCapabilities. To get printerCapabilities, use the $select query parameter.

Examples

Example 1: Get a printer

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/printers/{printerId}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Print.Printers["{printer-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc print printers get --printer-id {printer-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



printers, err := graphClient.Print().Printers().ByPrinterId("printer-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Printer result = graphClient.print().printers().byPrinterId("{printer-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let printer = await client.api('/print/printers/{printerId}')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->escapedPrint()->printers()->byPrinterId('printer-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Devices.CloudPrint

Get-MgPrintPrinter -PrinterId $printerId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


result = await graph_client.print.printers.by_printer_id('printer-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#print/printers/$entity",
  "id": "016b5565-3bbf-4067-b9ff-4d68167eb1a6",
  "displayName": "PrinterName",
  "manufacturer": "PrinterManufacturer",
  "model": "PrinterModel",
  "isShared": true,
  "registeredDateTime": "2020-02-04T00:00:00.0000000Z",
  "isAcceptingJobs": true,
  "status": {
    "state": "stopped",
    "details": [
      "disconnected"
    ],
    "description": ""
  },
  "defaults": {
    "copiesPerJob": 1,
    "finishings": [
      "none"
    ],
    "mediaColor": "Unknown",
    "mediaType": "stationery",
    "mediaSize": "North America Letter",
    "pagesPerSheet": 1,
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "outputBin": "auto",
    "inputBin": "auto",
    "contentType": "application/oxps",
    "fitPdfToPage": false,
    "multipageLayout": null,
    "colorMode": "color",
    "quality": "medium",
    "duplexMode": "oneSided",
    "dpi": 600,
    "scaling": null
  },
  "location": {
    "latitude": 1.1,
    "longitude": 2.2,
    "altitudeInMeters": 3,
    "streetAddress": "One Microsoft Way",
    "subUnit": [
      "Main Plaza",
      "Unit 400"
    ],
    "city": "Redmond",
    "postalCode": "98052",
    "countryOrRegion": "USA",
    "site": "Puget Sound",
    "building": "Studio E",
    "floor": "1",
    "floorDescription": "First Floor",
    "roomName": "1234",
    "roomDescription": "First floor copy room",
    "organization": [
      "C+AI",
      "Microsoft Graph"
    ],
    "subdivision": [
      "King County",
      "Red West"
    ],
    "stateOrProvince": "Washington"
  }
}

Example 2: Get a printer and its capabilities

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/printers/{printerId}?$select=id,displayName,capabilities

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Print.Printers["{printer-id}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "id","displayName","capabilities" };
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc print printers get --printer-id {printer-id} --select "id,displayName,capabilities"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphprint "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/print"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestParameters := &graphprint.PrintPrinterItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Select: [] string {"id","displayName","capabilities"},
}
configuration := &graphprint.PrintPrinterItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

printers, err := graphClient.Print().Printers().ByPrinterId("printer-id").Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Printer result = graphClient.print().printers().byPrinterId("{printer-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"id", "displayName", "capabilities"};
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let printer = await client.api('/print/printers/{printerId}')
	.select('id,displayName,capabilities')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Print\Printers\Item\PrinterItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new PrinterItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = PrinterItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["id","displayName","capabilities"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->escapedPrint()->printers()->byPrinterId('printer-id')->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Devices.CloudPrint

Get-MgPrintPrinter -PrinterId $printerId -Property "id,displayName,capabilities" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.print.printers.item.printer_item_request_builder import PrinterItemRequestBuilder

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

query_params = PrinterItemRequestBuilder.PrinterItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		select = ["id","displayName","capabilities"],
)

request_configuration = PrinterItemRequestBuilder.PrinterItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.print.printers.by_printer_id('printer-id').get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#print/printers/$entity",
  "id": "016b5565-3bbf-4067-b9ff-4d68167eb1a6",
  "displayName": "PrinterName",
  "capabilities": {
    "isColorPrintingSupported": true,
    "supportsFitPdfToPage": false,
    "contentTypes": [
      "application/pdf",
      "image/pwg-raster",
      "application/PCLm"
    ],
    "isPageRangeSupported": false,
    "qualities": [
      "medium"
    ],
    "dpis": [
      600
    ],
    "duplexModes": [
      "oneSided",
      "flipOnLongEdge",
      "flipOnShortEdge"
    ],
    "finishings": [
      "none"
    ],
    "mediaTypes": [
      "stationery"
    ],
    "mediaSizes": [
      "North America Letter"
    ],
    "outputBins": [
      "tray-1"
    ],
    "colorModes": [
      "grayscale",
      "color"
    ],
    "inputBins": [
      "tray-1"
    ],
    "collation": true,
    "scalings": [
      "fill"
    ],
    "copiesPerJob": {
      "start": 1,
      "end": 38
    }
  }
}