How do I include computername in output

Question

PS newbe here...

How do I get the remote computer name to appear in the output?

$computer = "PC3090-121","APCD02" 
Get-WmiObject Win32_Printer -ComputerName $computer |
  Select-Object SystemName,Name,Local |
  Format-Table -AutoSize

I've tried including -computername, computername, %computername% in the Select and format-table -properties - no joy...

My searches have come up empty, or I couldn't understand them.

------------------------------ answer:

$computer = "PC3090-121","APCD02" 
Get-WmiObject Win32_Printer -ComputerName $computer |
  Select-Object  __Server, Name, Local |
  Format-Table -AutoSize

Joey · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-05 15:49:31Z

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How about simply

Get-WmiObject Win32_Printer -ComputerName $computer |
  Select-Object SystemName,Name,Local |
  Format-Table -AutoSize

There is no computername property on the resulting object, nor is there a %computername% property. What exists is SystemName.

answered Sep 5, 2013 at 15:49

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4 Comments

rheitzman Over a year ago

SystemName returns the name of the host for the printer/print service. If the remote PC uses a print server the name of the print server host is returned.

Joey Over a year ago

__SERVER then, maybe. Otherwise you could just wrap a loop around the call: foreach ($c in $computer) { gwmi Win32_printer -computername $c | select @{l='ComputerName';e={$c}},Name,Local } or something like that.

Joey Over a year ago

You can inspect objects with all their properties (and values) by using Format-List -Force * or (fl -fo *). This is often helpful in finding which properties you need to select.

Mitul Over a year ago

@Joey can we use $Env:ComputerName variable?

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