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Check if printer supports postscript

is there any way to check if printer supports postscript, using C#? I need to check this before I do anything with my document.
Thanks,
Bartosz

You could use WMI potentially, however im not sure if this solution will be reliable
System.Management.ObjectQuery oq = new System.Management.ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer");
ManagementObjectSearcher mos = new ManagementObjectSearcher(oq);
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mos.Get();
foreach( ManagementObject mo in moc )
{
string name = mo["Name"].ToString();
string language = mo["DefaultLanguage"].ToString();
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Printer: {0} -- Language: {1}", name, language));
}
Lifted from here
Update
Check here to see other fields that might be relevant
Win32_Printer class
In particular uint16 LanguagesSupported[];

Code, which I've finally used, with little changes:
System.Management.ObjectQuery oq = new System.Management.ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer");
ManagementObjectSearcher mos = new ManagementObjectSearcher(oq);
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mos.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
string name = mo["Name"].ToString();
var language = mo["LanguagesSupported"];
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Printer: {0} -- Language: {1}", name, language==null ? 0 : (language as ushort[])[0]));
}

Setting printer Share name programmatically

I've been able to successfully rename a printer using the ManagementObject in the System.Management assembly.
string query = String.Format("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Name = '{0}'", printerName);
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
ManagementObjectCollection collection = searcher.Get();
ManagementObject printer = collection.Cast<ManagementObject>().ElementAt(0);
printer.InvokeMethod("RenamePrinter", new object[] { newName });
Is there something similar to set the share name of a printer?
Here's a screenshot of the property I'm trying to change:

It turns out I can change the ManagementObject's properties directly. This is how I did it:
string query = String.Format("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer WHERE Name = '{0}'", printerName);
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
ManagementObjectCollection collection = searcher.Get();
ManagementObject printer = collection.Cast<ManagementObject>().ElementAt(0);
// The part that changes the printer share name
printer.Properties["ShareName"].Value = newName;
printer.Put();

System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher

In order to retrieve some information of the target machine, I am using following code:
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("select * from Win32_Processor");
string collectedInfo = ""; // here we will put the informa
foreach (ManagementObject share in searcher.Get())
{
// first of all, the processorid
collectedInfo += share.GetPropertyValue("ProcessorId").ToString ();
}
searcher.Query = new ObjectQuery("select * from Win32_BIOS");
foreach (ManagementObject share in searcher.Get())
{
//then, the serial number of BIOS
collectedInfo +=share.GetPropertyValue("SerialNumber").ToString ();
}
searcher.Query = new ObjectQuery("select * from Win32_BaseBoard");
foreach (ManagementObject share in searcher.Get())
{
//finally, the serial number of motherboard
collectedInfo+= share.GetPropertyValue("SerialNumber").ToString();
}
This works fine while it is executed as a asp.net website on my local computer, but as I publish it on another web server, it shows a different number.
Is there a way to make it calculate the users information, instead of calculating it for a server?

How to get the description of a running process on a remote machine?

I have tried two ways to accomplish this so far.
The first way, I used System.Diagnostics, but I get a NotSupportedException of "Feature is not supported for remote machines" on the MainModule.
foreach (Process runningProcess in Process.GetProcesses(server.Name))
{
Console.WriteLine(runningProcess.MainModule.FileVersionInfo.FileDescription);
}
The second way, I attempted using System.Management but it seems that the Description of the ManagementObject is the she same as the Name.
string scope = #"\\" + server.Name + #"\root\cimv2";
string query = "select * from Win32_Process";
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query);
ManagementObjectCollection collection = searcher.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject obj in collection)
{
Console.WriteLine(obj["Name"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine(obj["Description"].ToString());
}
Would anyone happen to know of a better way to go about getting the descriptions of a running process on a remote machine?

Well I think I've got a method of doing this that will work well enough for my purposes. I'm basically getting the file path off of the ManagementObject and getting the description from the actual file.
ConnectionOptions connection = new ConnectionOptions();
connection.Username = "username";
connection.Password = "password";
connection.Authority = "ntlmdomain:DOMAIN";
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(#"\\" + serverName + #"\root\cimv2", connection);
scope.Connect();
ObjectQuery query = new ObjectQuery("select * from Win32_Process");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query);
ManagementObjectCollection collection = searcher.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject obj in collection)
{
if (obj["ExecutablePath"] != null)
{
string processPath = obj["ExecutablePath"].ToString().Replace(":", "$");
processPath = #"\\" + serverName + #"\" + processPath;
FileVersionInfo info = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(processPath);
string processDesc = info.FileDescription;
}
}

How to detect freespace and disk information from one server to other in C#

If there are 3 pcs on network and if I want to detect the freespace and disk details of one pc from another pc then how to go about it...
I have found this code. but I don't know how should I test it inorder to know whether it is working.
is this the right way?
public Hashtable ReadFreeSpaceOnNetworkDrives()
{
//create Hashtable instance to hold our info
Hashtable driveInfo = new Hashtable();
//query the win32_logicaldisk for type 4 (Network drive)
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("select name, FreeSpace from win32_logicaldisk where drivetype=4");
//execute the query using WMI
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
//loop through each drive found
foreach (ManagementObject drive in searcher.Get())
{
//add the name & freespace to our hashtable
driveInfo.Add("Drive", drive["name"]);
driveInfo.Add("Space", drive["FreeSpace"]);
}
return driveInfo;
}
Update:
I got the answer to my question but I have got the code but it is in console application and I want in windows form application with a graphical representation of the disk space and drive info. How can I use this code and go about doing that?
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\10.74.160.126\\root\\cimv2");
scope.Connect();
ObjectQuery query = new ObjectQuery( "SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem");
SelectQuery query1 = new SelectQuery("Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query);
ManagementObjectCollection queryCollection = searcher.Get();
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query1);
ManagementObjectCollection queryCollection1 = searcher1.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject m in queryCollection)
{
// Display the remote computer information
Console.WriteLine("Computer Name : {0}",
m["csname"]);
Console.WriteLine("Windows Directory : {0}",
m["WindowsDirectory"]);
Console.WriteLine("Operating System: {0}",
m["Caption"]);
Console.WriteLine("Version: {0}", m["Version"]);
Console.WriteLine("Manufacturer : {0}", m["Manufacturer"]);
Console.WriteLine();
}
foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Disk Name : {0}", mo["Name"]);
Console.WriteLine(" Disk Size : {0}", mo["Size"]);
Console.WriteLine(" FreeSpace : {0}", mo["FreeSpace"]);
Console.WriteLine(" Disk DeviceID : {0}", mo["DeviceID"]);
Console.WriteLine(" Disk VolumeName : {0}", mo["VolumeName"]);
Console.WriteLine(" Disk SystemName : {0}", mo["SystemName"]);
Console.WriteLine("Disk VolumeSerialNumber : {0}", mo["VolumeSerialNumber"]);
Console.WriteLine();
}
Console.ReadLine();
}

The code checks all the drives on the pc where you run this program. It returns a table with 2 entries per drive. One with the name and one with the free space. You can just write a simple program that uses this method and displays this data. It should be possible to query the drives from a remote computer. Maybe this article can tell you more http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms257337%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
EDIT:
public Hashtable ReadFreeSpaceOnNetworkDrives(String FullComputerName)
{
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(fullComputerName);
scope.Connect();
//create Hashtable instance to hold our info
Hashtable driveInfo = new Hashtable();
//query the win32_logicaldisk for type 4 (Network drive)
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("select name, FreeSpace from win32_logicaldisk where drivetype=4");
//execute the query using WMI
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope,query);
//loop through each drive found
foreach (ManagementObject drive in searcher.Get())
{
//add the name & freespace to our hashtable
driveInfo.Add("Drive", drive["name"]);
driveInfo.Add("Space", drive["FreeSpace"]);
}
return driveInfo;
}

covert into c#. and that may help you. http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426869