I'm a complete novice when it comes to wmi, found this code snippet:

Code:
  strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colInstalledPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Printer")
For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters
Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objPrinter.Name
Wscript.Echo "Location: " & objPrinter.Location
Select Case objPrinter.PrinterStatus
Case 1
strPrinterStatus = "Other"
Case 2
strPrinterStatus = "Unknown"
Case 3
strPrinterStatus = "Idle"
Case 4
strPrinterStatus = "Printing"
Case 5
strPrinterStatus = "Warmup"
Case 6
strPrinterStatus = "case 6"
Case 7
strPrinterStatus = "offline"
End Select
Wscript.Echo "Printer Status: " & strPrinterStatus
Wscript.Echo "Server Name: " & objPrinter.ServerName
Wscript.Echo "Share Name: " & objPrinter.ShareName
Wscript.Echo
Next


But it does not detect if the local printer or network printers are offline, it just says they are idle?
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