From Windows 7 on, Microsoft has thoughtfully provided us with VBS scripts for command-line printer management, here:
C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts
In this dot on the globe, we go to the following system folder to see them all, there are several:
C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US
To delete printer named ASDF:
cscript C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\prnmngr.vbs -d -p "ASDF"