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GetDefault printer

by admin on Nov.10, 2009, under c#

   using System.Management;

public static string GetDefaultPrinter()
    {
      string strQuery = “SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer”;
      ObjectQuery objectQuery = new ObjectQuery(strQuery);
      ManagementObjectSearcher query = new ManagementObjectSearcher(objectQuery);
      ManagementObjectCollection queryCollection = query.Get();
      foreach (ManagementObject managementObject in queryCollection)
      {
        PropertyDataCollection propertyDataCollection = managementObject.Properties;

        if ((bool)managementObject["Default"]) // DEFAULT PRINTER
        {
          return (managementObject["Name"].ToString ());
          //Console.WriteLine(managementObject["Location"]);
        }
      }
      return “”;
    }

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