Display-Printers.ps1

<#
.Synopsis
   Creates a GUI similar to the Print Management tool
#>

$printServer = Read-Host "Print Server"

function Display-Printers {
    $obj = Get-Printer -CimSession "$printServer" | select Name, PrinterStatus, JobCount, DriverName | ? { $_.Name -notlike '*chi*' }
    $dataGrid.items.Clear()
    $obj | % { $dataGrid.items.Add($_) }
    $sort = New-Object System.ComponentModel.SortDescription("Name","Ascending")
    $dataGrid.items.SortDescriptions.add($sort)    
    $dataGrid.items.Refresh()
}

# GUI Code
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('presentationframework')
[xml]$XAML = @'
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        Title="[Printer Explorer]" Height="350" Width="450" MinHeight="350" MinWidth="400" ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip">
    <Grid>
        <Button Name="button" Content="[ Refresh ]" Margin="10,10,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="25"/>
        <DataGrid Name="dataGrid" Margin="10,40,10,10" IsReadOnly="True" SelectionMode="Single" SelectionUnit="Cell">
            <DataGrid.Columns>
                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Printer" Width="125" Binding="{Binding Name}" SortDirection="Descending"/>
                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Status" Width="75" Binding="{Binding PrinterStatus}"/>
                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Jobs" Width="50"  Binding="{Binding JobCount}"/>
                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Driver" Width="125"  Binding="{Binding DriverName}"/>
            </DataGrid.Columns>
        </DataGrid>
    </Grid>
</Window>
'@

# XAML Launcher
$reader=(New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml) 
try{$Form=[Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load( $reader )}
catch{Write-Host "Unable to load Windows.Markup.XamlReader. Some possible causes for this problem include: .NET Framework is missing PowerShell must be launched with PowerShell -sta, invalid XAML code was encountered."; break}
$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | %{Set-Variable -Name ($_.Name) -Value $Form.FindName($_.Name)}

$button.Add_Click({
    Display-Printers
})

$Form.Add_Loaded({
    $Form.Title = "Printer Viewer"
    Display-Printers
})
# Show GUI
$Form.ShowDialog() | out-null