Jason Newell, MCAD
Software Engineer

using System;
using System.Management;

namespace PrinterTest
{
class Class1
{
 [STAThread]
 static void Main(string[] args)
 {
  ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select
* from Win32_Printer");

  foreach (ManagementObject printer in searcher.Get())
  {
   string message = (string)printer["Name"] + ": Printer Status = ";

   /* PrinterState is obsolete! */
   switch ((UInt16)printer["PrinterStatus"])
   {
    case 1:
     message += " Other";
     break;
    case 2:
     message += " Unknown";
     break;
    case 3:
     message += " Idle";
     break;
    case 4:
     message += " Printing";
     break;
    case 5:
     message += " Warmup";
     break;
    case 6:
     message += " Stopped printing";
     break;
    case 7:
     message += " Offline";
     break;
    default:
     message += " ERROR - Constant not defined";
     break;
   }
   Console.WriteLine(message);
  }
  Console.In.Read();
 }
}
}