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TrustyCoder
TrustyCoder

Reputation: 4789

mapping network printers c#

Is it possible to get network printer path using the following convention in C#

computername\printername

PrinterSettings.Installed printer gives out the printer name but not the path information.

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2695

Answers (2)

Bosco
Bosco

Reputation: 945

A quick and dirty way to get this information is to use the IWshRuntimeLibrary library (wshom.ocx).

WshNetwork network = new WshNetwork();
var printers = network.EnumPrinterConnections();
for (int i = 0; i < printers.Count(); i += 2)
{
     Console.WriteLine(printers.Item(i) + " \t" + printers.Item(i+1));
}

...But a more forward looking approach would be to use the information contained within Winspool's PRINTER_INFO_2 structure which is returned from the GetPrinter method.

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/Structures/PRINTER_INFO_2.html

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162845%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/winspool.getprinter

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd144911%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Upvotes: 1

Afshin
Afshin

Reputation: 1242

This works for printer mapping. you need to make sure to add IWshRuntimeLibrary as a reference:

    using IWshRuntimeLibrary;
    private void MappPrinter()
    {
        WshNetwork oNetwork = new WshNetwork();
        oNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection("\\\\computername\\printername", "HPLJ6000","\\\\computername\\printername");
    }

Upvotes: 1

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