| title | printer: create |
|---|---|
| description | Create (register) a printer with the Universal Print service. |
| author | nilakhan |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | universal-print |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 04/04/2024 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Create (register) a printer with the Universal Print service. This is a long-running operation and as such, it returns a printerCreateOperation that can be used to track and verify the registration of the printer.
For help creating the required Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for creating printer, see the CSR generation code sample.
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Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
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POST /print/printers/create| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
| Content-Type | application/json. Required. |
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the parameters.
The following table shows the parameters that can be used with this action.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|---|
| displayName | String | The display name to assign to the printer. | Yes |
| manufacturer | String | The manufacturer of the printer. | Yes |
| model | String | The model of the printer. | Yes |
| physicalDeviceId | String | The physical device UUID of the printer. Required if the hasPhysicalDevice property is true. |
No |
| hasPhysicalDevice | Boolean | True if the printer has physical output device, false otherwise. If omitted, the default value is true. | No |
| certificateSigningRequest | printCertificateSigningRequest | The X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for the certificate created and used by the printer to identify itself. | Yes |
| connectorId | String | ID of the connector acting as proxy to the printer. | No |
If successful, this method returns a 202 Accepted response code and a link to the associated printerCreateOperation in the Operation-Location header.
You make a GET request to the linked URL to get the status of an ongoing printer registration. After printer registration has completed successfully, a GET request to the linked URL will contain the created printer object and registered certificate.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/printers/create
Content-Type: application/json
{
"displayName": "Test Printer",
"manufacturer": "Test Printer Manufacturer",
"model": "Test Printer Model",
"physicalDeviceId": null,
"hasPhysicalDevice": false,
"certificateSigningRequest": {
"content": "{content}",
"transportKey": "{sampleTransportKey}"
},
"connectorId": null
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HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Operation-Location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/operations/f221760a-52e8-4c11-b8c5-5dfaef3a49db
Retry-After: 5