Microsoft Windows XP comes with a VBS script to manage local and network printers from the command line:
To Get the default printer details from command line:
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To remove printer in Windows 8.1:
cscript C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs -d -p "Printer name"
I had trouble with a printer not showing in devices/printers so unable to remove it, although it was there when I pressed file > print in firefox. It was also stopping me from using the printer name for the actual installation (it bugged me having to append _1 at the end of the default printer!"