How to create printer ports and install printer drivers using C#.net?

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Hi all, am Saravana ,am new to .Net environment, can any of u help me in providing some information about any of the C#.Net API's which can be used for creating printer ports and installing print drivers, thanks in advance

Saravana Kumar

John Palson · Answer

class printport { string DeviceID; string DriverName; string PortName; Boolean Shared; string ShareName; private ManagementScope managementScope = null; private ManagementClass InitClass(string className) { //specify Printer class management path ManagementPath managementPath = new ManagementPath(className); try { //create new WMI management class return new ManagementClass(managementScope, managementPath, null); } catch (Exception ex) { throw new Exception( String.Format( "WMI exception: {0}", ex.Message)); } } public bool AddPrinter(string printerName, string printerDriver, string portName, bool sharedPrinter) { bool result = false; try { //init Win32_Printer class ManagementClass printerClass = InitClass("Win32_Printer"); //create new Win32_Printer object ManagementObject printerObject = printerClass.CreateInstance(); //set port parameters if (portName == null || portName.Length == 0) printerObject["PortName"] = "LPT1:"; else { if (portName[portName.Length - 1] != ':') printerObject["PortName"] = (portName + ":"); else printerObject["PortName"] = portName; } //set driver and device names printerObject["DriverName"] = printerDriver; printerObject["DeviceID"] = printerName; //set sharing if (sharedPrinter) { printerObject["Shared"] = sharedPrinter; printerObject["ShareName"] = printerName; } // specify put options: update or create PutOptions options = new PutOptions(); options.Type = PutType.UpdateOrCreate; //put a newly created object to WMI objects set printerObject.Put(options); result = true; } catch (Exception ex) { throw new Exception(String.Format("WMI exception: {0}", ex.Message)); } return result; } } private void btnHelp_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { printport pnt = new printport(); pnt.AddPrinter("FileManager", "HP LaserJet 3050 Series PCL 6", "COM1:", true); }

How to create printer ports and install printer drivers using C#.net?

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