C# As a printer for windows

Lautaro Robledo

Hi everyone, been looking for information about this topic everywhere on the internet but i cant find what i really need so im asking for help with this topic, ill try to be as specific as i can.

I need to make a program that shows itself as a printer on the drop down list of available printers. The program itself isn't a printer, when you are on the printing window (accesible by CTRL+P) it should appear as a printer but it actually makes the local file you chose, upload to a page i choose. The purpose of this is to make it easier for the client to upload local files to the webpage just my choosing this "printer" that is actually an uploader . Hope you guys can help me out. Thanks

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Kip Hackman5y ago
You can use LEADTOOLS Document SDK technology in your application.
https://www.leadtools.com/sdk/products/document
You can leverage the Printer class. The Printer class provides support for the LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer functionality.

DISCLOSURE: I am an employee of the company offering this toolkit.

Here is a step by step Virtual Printer tutorial written in .NET C#:
https://www.leadtools.com/help/sdk/v22/tutorials/dotnet-console-print-to-file-using-the-virtual-printer-driver.html
Rijwan Ansari5y ago
Check this article for complete solution and code
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/printing-application-in-gdi/
Farhan Ahmed5y ago
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.print?view=net-5.0