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 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
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/printers/{printerId}
// 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.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
//other-imports
)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
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.
// 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.
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
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$result = $graphServiceClient->escapedPrint()->printers()->byPrinterId('printer-id')->get()->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
result = await graph_client.print.printers.by_printer_id('printer-id').get()
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#print/printers/$entity",
"id": "016b5565-3bbf-4067-b9ff-4d68167eb1a6",
"displayName": "PrinterName",
"manufacturer": "PrinterManufacturer",
"model": "PrinterModel",
"isShared": true,
"registeredDateTime": "2020-02-04T00:00:00.0000000Z",
"isAcceptingJobs": true,
"status": {
"state": "stopped",
"details": [
"disconnected"
],
"description": ""
},
"defaults": {
"copiesPerJob": 1,
"finishings": [
"none"
],
"mediaColor": "Unknown",
"mediaType": "stationery",
"mediaSize": "North America Letter",
"pagesPerSheet": 1,
"orientation": "portrait",
"outputBin": "auto",
"inputBin": "auto",
"contentType": "application/oxps",
"fitPdfToPage": false,
"multipageLayout": null,
"colorMode": "color",
"quality": "medium",
"duplexMode": "oneSided",
"dpi": 600,
"scaling": null
},
"___location": {
"latitude": 1.1,
"longitude": 2.2,
"altitudeInMeters": 3,
"streetAddress": "One Microsoft Way",
"subUnit": [
"Main Plaza",
"Unit 400"
],
"city": "Redmond",
"postalCode": "98052",
"countryOrRegion": "USA",
"site": "Puget Sound",
"building": "Studio E",
"floor": "1",
"floorDescription": "First Floor",
"roomName": "1234",
"roomDescription": "First floor copy room",
"organization": [
"C+AI",
"Microsoft Graph"
],
"subdivision": [
"King County",
"Red West"
],
"stateOrProvince": "Washington"
}
}
Example 2: Get a printer and its capabilities
Request
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/printers/{printerId}?$select=id,displayName,capabilities
// 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.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphprint "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/print"
//other-imports
)
requestParameters := &graphprint.PrintersItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
Select: [] string {"id","displayName","capabilities"},
}
configuration := &graphprint.PrintersItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
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.
// 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.
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
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.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.print.printers.item.printer_item_request_builder import PrinterItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = PrinterItemRequestBuilder.PrinterItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
select = ["id","displayName","capabilities"],
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
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
}
}
}