Take the following steps to create and run a program that print using LEADTOOLS printer.

1. Start Visual Studio .NET.
2. Choose File->New->Project… from the menu.
3. In the New Project dialog box, choose either "Visual C# Projects" or "Visual Basic Projects" in the Projects Type List, and choose "Windows Application " in the Templates List.
4. Type the project name as "PRINTER DRIVER" in the Project Name field, and then choose OK. If desired, type a new location for your project or select a directory using the Browse button, and then choose OK.
5. In the "Solution Explorer" window, right-click on the "References" folder, and select "Add Reference…" from the context menu. In the "Add Reference" dialog box, select the ".NET" tab and browse to Leadtools For .NET "<LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\DotNet\Win32 " folder and select the following DLLs:
   • Leadtools.dll
6. Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters.dll
7. Leadtools.Codecs.dll
8. Leadtools.WinForms.CommonDialogs.File.dll
9. Leadtools.Printer.dll

Switch to Form1 code view (right-click Form1 in the solution explorer then select View Code ) and add the following lines at the beginning of the file:

[Visual Basic]

            Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports Leadtools
            Imports Leadtools.Printer
            Imports Leadtools.Codecs
            Imports Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters
            Imports Leadtools.WinForms
            

[C#]

            using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using Leadtools;
            using Leadtools.Printer;
            using Leadtools.Codecs;
            using Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters;
            using Leadtools.WinForms.CommonDialogs.File;

Declare the following private variable:

[Visual Basic]

            Private WithEvents _printer as Printer
            

[C#]

            Printer _printer;
            

Add an event handler to the Form1 Load event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
               Try
                 Dim printerName as string="LEADTOOLS Printer"
                 Dim printerPassword as string="1234"
                 Dim documentPrinterRegPath As String = "SOFTWARE\\LEAD Technologies, Inc.\\Printer\\"
                 Dim printerInfo As New PrinterInfo()
                 printerInfo.DriverName = printerName
                 printerInfo.ProductName = printerName
                 printerInfo.PrinterName = printerName
                 printerInfo.Password = printerPassword
                 printerInfo.RegistryKey = documentPrinterRegPath + printerName
                 printerInfo.RootDir = "<LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\Common\PrinterDriver\"
                 printerInfo.Url = "http://www.Leadtools.com"
                 printerInfo.PrinterExe = Application.ExecutablePath
                 Printer.Install(printerInfo)
               Catch ex As Exception
                  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
               End Try
            End Sub
            

[C#]

            private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
            {
               try
               {
                   string printerName="LEADTOOLS Printer";
                   string printerPassword="1234";
                   string documentPrinterRegPath = @"SOFTWARE\LEAD Technologies, Inc.\Printer\";
                   PrinterInfo printerInfo = new PrinterInfo();
                   printerInfo.DriverName = printerName;
                   printerInfo.ProductName = printerName;
                   printerInfo.PrinterName = printerName;
                   printerInfo.Password = printerPassword;
                   printerInfo.RegistryKey = documentPrinterRegPath + printerName;
                   printerInfo.RootDir = @"<LEADTOOLS_INSTALLDIR>\Bin\Common\PrinterDriver\";
                   printerInfo.Url = "http://www.Leadtools.com";
                   printerInfo.PrinterExe = Application.ExecutablePath;
                   Printer.Install(printerInfo);
                   _printer=new Printer(printerName);
                   _printer.EmfEvent += new EventHandler<EmfEventArgs>(_printer_EmfEvent);
                   _printer.JobEvent += new EventHandler<JobEventArgs>(_printer_JobEvent);
               }
               catch (Exception ex)
               {
                  MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message);
               }
            }
            

Add an event handler to the Emf event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub printerTest_EmfEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EmfEventArgs) Handles printerTest.EmfEvent
               System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("c:\LEADTOOLS_IMAGE1.emf", e.Stream.ToArray())
               Dim metaFile As New Metafile(e.Stream)
            End Sub
             
            

[C#]

            void _printer_EmfEvent(object sender, EmfEventArgs e)
            {
              System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(@"c:\1.emf", e.Stream.ToArray());
              Metafile metaFile = new Metafile(e.Stream);
            }
            

Add an event handler to the job info event and code it as follows:

[Visual Basic]

            Private Sub _printer_JobEvent(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As JobEventArgs)
 Dim printerName As String = e.PrinterName
 Dim jobID As Integer = e.JobID

             If e.JobEventState = EventState.JobStart Then
    MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Job {0} was started",jobID))
 Else If e.JobEventState = EventState.JobEnd Then
    MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Job {0} was Ended",jobID))
 End If
End Sub
            

[C#]

            void _printer_JobEvent(object sender, JobEventArgs e)
            {
                string printerName = e.PrinterName;
                int jobID = e.JobID;
                
                if (e.JobEventState == EventState.JobStart)
                {
                   MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Job {0} was started",jobID));
                }
                else if (e.JobEventState == EventState.JobEnd)
                {
                   MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Job {0} was Ended",jobID));
                }
             }
            

Build, and Run the program to test it.

 

 

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