🟣 C# / .NET 6+

Get Printers Report (C#)

Queries Win32_Printer via WMI (System.Management) and prints Printers to the console.

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GetPrinterReport.cs
// GetPrinterReport.cs
//
// Reports Printers via WMI (Win32_Printer).
//
// Requires the System.Management package:
//   dotnet new console -o PrinterReport
//   dotnet add package System.Management
//   (replace the generated Program.cs with this file, then dotnet run)
// On .NET Framework, System.Management is already available — just
// add a reference to it in your project.

using System;
using System.Management;

var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Name, DriverName, PortName, PrinterStatus FROM Win32_Printer");
int count = 0;

foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get())
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Name: {item["Name"]}");
    Console.WriteLine($"DriverName: {item["DriverName"]}");
    Console.WriteLine($"PortName: {item["PortName"]}");
    Console.WriteLine($"PrinterStatus: {item["PrinterStatus"]}");
    Console.WriteLine(new string('-', 40));
    count++;
}

if (count == 0)
{
    Console.WriteLine("No Printers found.");
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine($"\n{count} Printers found.");
}