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PrinterName Property

Summary

Get or sets the name of the printer in the list of locally supported printers.

Syntax

C++/CLI

public string PrinterName { get; set; }

public: 
property String^ PrinterName { 
   String^ get(); 
   void set (    String^ ); 
}

Property Value

The printer name from the list of locally supported printers.

Remarks

The value of this property is used in the installation and uninstallation.

The printer name should not include special characters such as "!", "\" and ",". It is also not recommended to use the following special characters: "/, *, ?, :, ", and |". This parameter is case-sensitive.

Example

using Leadtools.Printer; 
using Leadtools; 
 
 
public void InstallNewPrinter() 
{ 
   try 
   { 
 
      string printerName = "Test LEADTOOLS Printer3"; 
      string printerPassword = "Test Password"; 
      if (Printer.IsLeadtoolsPrinter(printerName)) 
      { 
         PrinterInfo tmpPrinterInfo = new PrinterInfo(); 
         tmpPrinterInfo.PrinterName = printerName; 
         Printer.UnInstall(tmpPrinterInfo); 
      } 
 
      string documentPrinterRegPath = "SOFTWARE\\LEAD Technologies, Inc.\\22\\Printer\\"; 
      PrinterInfo printerInfo = new PrinterInfo(); 
      printerInfo.MonitorName = printerName; 
      printerInfo.PortName = printerName; 
      printerInfo.ProductName = printerName; 
      printerInfo.PrinterName = printerName; 
      printerInfo.Password = printerPassword; 
      printerInfo.RegistryKey = documentPrinterRegPath + printerName; 
      printerInfo.RootDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS22\Bin\Common\PrinterDriver"; 
      printerInfo.Url = "https://www.leadtools.com"; 
      printerInfo.PrinterExe = @"C:\LEADTOOLS22\Bin\DotNet4\Win32\"; 
      printerInfo.AboutString = "LEADTOOLS Printer"; 
      //printerInfo.AboutIcon = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"\RasterPro.ico"); 
 
      Printer.Install(printerInfo); 
 
      string strMsg = string.Format("Installation {0} Completed Successfully", printerName); 
      MessageBox.Show(strMsg, "LEADTOOLS Printer Demo", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information); 
   } 
   catch (PrinterDriverException ex) 
   { 
      MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Other error: Message:{0}", ex.Message)); 
   } 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS23\Resources\Images"; 
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

PrinterInfo Class

PrinterInfo Members

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