In Organization, The printers are published in Printer server and push them via active Directory. Some cases the printers may have marked as redirected 1 and doesnt let you remove them. Even though if you are trying from administrator account, will get the response “Access is Denied, Unable to remove device”
Use the following steps to resolve this issue.
1. Stop the Printer spooler service by either command or services console.
Command : net stop spooler
2. Open the Registry Editor and navigate to below location.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections
3. Delete the entries of troubled printer.
4. Start the printer spooler service.
Command : net start spooler
I hope this solution help you to clear the printer.