| Getting Started with LEADTOOLS > Document Imaging Features > Virtual Printer Driver > Virtual Printer Driver Features |
LEADTOOLS Virtual printer now supports Network Printing, users can install a network printer on a server machine, and print to it from any client machine, users can customize the printing process on the server and the client, the whole printing process is fully customizable; user can pass back and forth any raw data from the server side to the client side then use this data to create any dynamic dialog, for example, the user may define a structure that contains, a list of file format and save locations, and then pass this list to the client printer, the client printer in turn, receives this data and initialize a demo dialog depending on the data received.
The LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer supports Network Printing. With this feature, users can install a network printer on a server machine, and print to it from any client machine, Users can customize the printing process on the server and the client. The whole printing process is fully customizable. Users can pass back and forth any raw data from the server side to the client side.
With the LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer Driver you can:
Capture print jobs from any Windows application as EMF.
Programmatically install and un-install virtual printers to a target system.
Control access to the printer by locking it for use only by your application.
Configure the virtual printer to start your application when a print job is received.
Support network printing.
Using the LEADTOOLS Document Writers, you can export the captured print job as any of the supported document formats.
Using LEADTOOLS, you can export the captured print job as any of the supported raster image formats.
The LEADTOOLS installation program installs a sample LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer for you. When you print to this printer from any Windows application, the example program will execute and you can then save the print job as a document file or raster image file.
Supported Platforms