How to get Printer Info in .NET?

Question

In the standard PrintDialog there are four values associated with a selected printer: Status, Type, Where, and Comment.

If I know a printer's name, how can I get these values in C# 2.0?

Answer 1

As dowski suggested, you could use WMI to get printer properties. The following code displays all properties for a given printer name. Among them you will find: PrinterStatus, Comment, Location, DriverName, PortName, etc.

using System.Management; 

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string printerName = "YourPrinterName"; string query = string.Format("SELECT * from Win32_Printer WHERE Name LIKE '%{0}'", printerName);  using (ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query)) using (ManagementObjectCollection coll = searcher.Get()) {     try     {         foreach (ManagementObject printer in coll)         {             foreach (PropertyData property in printer.Properties)             {                 Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}: {1}", property.Name, property.Value));             }         }     }     catch (ManagementException ex)     {         Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);     } }