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Updated on 2025-03-01

C# Use the console to list all currently available printers

This article shows how C# uses the console to list all currently available printers. Share it for your reference. The details are as follows:

// The initial C# code for the WMI query was generated by WMI Code
//Generator, Version 5.00, /
using System;
using ;
using ;
namespace RobvanderWoude
{
 public class ListPrinters
 {
  public static int Main( string[] args )
  {
   try
   {
    string computer = ;
    #region Command line parsing
    // Only 1 optional argument allowed: a remote computer name
    if (  > 1 )
    {
     throw new Exception( "Invalid command line arguments" );
    }
    if (  == 1 )
    {
     // We'll display a 'friendly' message if help was requested
     if ( args[0].StartsWith( "/" ) || args[0].StartsWith( "-" ) )
     {
      switch ( args[0].ToUpper( ) )
      {
       case "/?":
       case "-?":
       case "/H":
       case "-H":
       case "--H":
       case "/HELP":
       case "-HELP":
       case "--HELP":
        return WriteError(  );
       default:
        return WriteError( "Invalid command line argument" );
      }
     }
     else
     {
      computer = "\\\\" + args[0] + "\\";
     }
    }
    #endregion
    string wmins = computer + "root\\CIMV2";
    ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher( wmins, "SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer" );
    ArrayList printers = new ArrayList( );
    foreach ( ManagementObject queryObj in ( ) )
    {
     ( queryObj["DeviceID"] );
    }
    ( );
    foreach ( string printer in printers )
    {
     ( printer );
    }
    return 0;
   }
   catch ( Exception e )
   {
    return WriteError( e );
   }
  }
  public static int WriteError( Exception e )
  {
   return WriteError( e == null ? null :  );
  }
  public static int WriteError( string errorMessage )
  {
   string fullpath = ( ).GetValue( 0 ).ToString( );
   string[] program = ( '\\' );
   string exename = program[( 0 )];
   exename = ( 0, ( '.' ) );
   if ( ( errorMessage ) == false )
   {
    ( );
     = ;
    ( "ERROR: " );
     = ;
    ( errorMessage );
    ( );
   }
   ( );
   ( exename + ", Version 1.10" );
   ( "List all local printers on the specified computer" );
   ( );
   ( "Usage: " );
    = ;
   ( ( ) );
   ( " [ computername ]" );
   ( );
   ( );
   ( "Where: 'computername' is the (optional) name of a remote computer" );
   ( " (default if not specified: local computer)" );
   ( );
   ( "Written by Rob van der Woude" );
   return 1;
  }
 }
}

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