Printing event on C#

Question

How can I keep track of Printer\'s activities such as:

• When did printing start?
• How many pages have been printed out? etc

Answer 1

I guess you could use WMI.

Here is a blog-entry regarding getting printer-info using WMI: http://aleemkhan.wordpress.com/2005/09/20/getting-printer-information-through-wmi/

Here is some code on getting printer events (in VB.Net though): http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ITCG/thread/71258e18-5516-4a90-be76-5b83855b2841