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netmajor
netmajor

Reputation: 6585

ManagementObjectSearcher select network printers?

I use :

ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new 
    ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2", "SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer");

to get printers but it find local printers.. It's possible to select network printers , by ip maybe ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3848

Answers (1)

Michael Baker
Michael Baker

Reputation: 3434

Pass "Network" to the object indexer of each item in your ManagementObjectCollection. If the printer is a network printer it will return true. Likewise you can pass "Local" to determine if the printer is local.

var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2", "SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer");
var results = searcher.Get();

IList<ManagementBaseObject> printers = new List<ManagementBaseObject>();

foreach (var printer in results) {
    if ((bool)printer["Network"]) {
        printers.Add(printer);
    }
}

Upvotes: 5

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