I previously had a script that would run at startup and delete all Brother PocketJet printer copies using the following command:

WMIC Printer where "Name LIKE 'Brother *(Copy *'" Delete

Recently this command has stopped detecting the printers after they have been disconnected (these are local printers that are connected directly to the computer). I have tried the following command which also does not detect the disconnected printers:

Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Printer | where{$_.name -like 'Brother PJ-723 (Copy%'} | foreach{$_.delete()}

If I run Get-Printer I get the following output which excludes the 14+ copies I have of the Brother PocketJet printers which can be seen in this screenshot

PS> Get-Printer

Name                           ComputerName    Type         DriverName                PortName        Shared   Publishe
                                                                                                               d
----                           ------------    ----         ----------                --------        ------   --------
OneNote for Windows 10                         Local        Microsoft Software Pri... Microsoft.Of... False    False
OneNote (Desktop)                              Local        Send to Microsoft OneN... nul:            False    False
Microsoft XPS Document Writer                  Local        Microsoft XPS Document... PORTPROMPT:     False    False
Microsoft Print to PDF                         Local        Microsoft Print To PDF    PORTPROMPT:     False    False
Fax                                            Local        Microsoft Shared Fax D... SHRFAX:         False    False
Adobe PDF                                      Local        Adobe PDF Converter       Documents*.pdf False    False

Anyone have any other ideas on how I can detect and delete these printer copies that are in the “Not Connected” state?