This example shows how you can use WMI to get printer information for the printers installed on your system. When the program loads, it uses the following code to list the system’s installed printers.

This code just loops through the PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters collection, adding the installed printers to the cboPrinters ComboBox.

Serial Number: systemserialnumber UUID: uuidserial Serial Number: baseboardserial Serial Number: chassisserial Windows. For Win32 WMI classes, the value on the left is the name by which it is stored in the Serial Number cmdbserialnumber table. The value on the right is the WMI value. I don't believe you can get a printer's serial number from Windows. Windows just has drivers installed. The serial number is part of the printer's hardware. You certainly can't pull any info about a printer from a computer's BIOS.

When you select a printer from the list, the program uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to get information about that printer. It displays the printer’s name, state, status, description, default-ness, vertical and horizontal resolution, port name, and paper sizes supported.

(WMI is a sort of SQL-like scripting language that lets you learn about and control many parts of the system that are hard to get at through the .NET Framework or even API functions. It’s pretty amazing what information is in there if you can figure out how to find it. Note that to use WMI you need to add a reference to System.Management.)

When you select a printer from the ComboBox, the program uses the following code to display information about the selected printer.

This code starts by defining some arrays to convert numeric values into textual values. The code then executes the statement SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Name='name' for the printer you selected. The result is a ManagementObjectCollection containing a list of ManagementObjects. This example selects information for a single printer so the collection only holds one object.

The code examines the object and uses its Properties collection to retrieve key values. To make this a bit easier, the code uses the GetPropertyValue method described shortly.

The ManagementObject‘s PrinterPaperNames property contains an array of paper size names. The code loops through this array adding the paper sizes to a ListBox.

Finally, so you can see what values are available, the program loops through all of the object’s properties writing their names to the Console window.

The following GetPropertyValue method returns a string representing the value of a PropertyData object.

If the object or its Value property is null, the method returns an empty string. Otherwise it returns the object’s Value converted into a string.

For more information about the data available in the Win32_Printer class, see: Win32_Printer class.

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