SNMP for Local printer?

Question

I am searching for a way to Get Information from a local printer. Maybe with the SNMP Protocol?

The printer is connected with USB or PPI (parallel port). All printer

Answer 1

You can get out quite a bit of information about printers via WMI, though I'm not sure if it contains the information you're looking for:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa394363

I think HP printers store their Serial-numbers somewhere under this registry key (possibly a key called identity or similar):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hewlett-Packard\

I've never used SNMP, though I remembered this library that might be of use if you go down that route:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/SNMPDLL.aspx