How to do it...

1. Run webtutil to turn on printer monitoring:

      $log = 'Microsoft-Windows-PrintService'
      webtutil.exe sl $log /operational /Enabled:true

1. Define a Function:
   1. Specify the Function header for an advanced function:

           Function Get-PrinterUsage {
           [CmdletBinding()]
           Param()
  

1. 1. Get the events from the PrintService event log:

            $Dps = Get-WinEvent -LogName 
            Microsoft-Windows-PrintService/Operational |
                Where-Object ID -eq 307

1. 1. Create a hash table for each event log record:

                 Foreach ($Dp in $Dps) {
                     $Document = [Ordered] @{}

1. 1. Populate the hash table with properties from the event log entry:

              $Document.Id       = $dp.Properties[0].value
              $Document.Type     = $dp.Properties[1].value
              $Document.User     = $dp.Properties[2].value
              $Document.Computer = $dp.Properties[3].value
              $Document.Printer  = $dp.Properties[4].value
              $Document.Port     = $dp.Properties[5].value
              $Document.Bytes    = $dp.Properties[6].value
              $Document.Pages    = $dp.Properties[7].value

1. 1. Create an object for this printer usage entry:

              $UEntry = New-Object -Type PSObject 
               -Property $Document
  

1. 1. Give it a better type name:

            $UEntry.PsTypeNames.Clear()
            $UEntry.PsTypeNames.Add("Packt.PrintUsage")

1. 1. Output the entry:

            $UEntry
            } # End of foreach
            } # End of function

1. Set and use an alias to get the printer usage:

            Set-Alias -Name GPRU 
                      -Value Get-PrinterUsage
            GPRU | Format-Table