[Powershell] Adding printer says incorrect username/password

[Zezima]

The user name or password is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007052E)
At E:\mapPrinter.ps1:24 char:1
+ $net.AddWindowsPrinterConnection($printerpath)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: ( [], COMException
   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

 

 

$password = "hidden" | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force
$username = "hidden\sy2"
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username, $password)
New-PSDrive -Name "P" -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\\svr-001.hidden.internal\RMPublic" -Persist -credential $cred


$net = new-object -com WScript.Network
$printerpath = "\\svr-001\CR2 New"
$net.AddWindowsPrinterConnection($printerpath)

 

above is my error and my powershell script.

 

The New-PSDrive to map the P Drive is working.

 

The adding printer part is not workng and that is what gives me the error. I can't figure out how I'd pass through credentials with the AddWindowsPrnterConnection function. I didn't think credentials were even needed, because printers are fully shared for anyone to access on the network.

 

Anyone got any ideas? been trying this all morning - i've wasted an amazing amount of time :S