How to print the data through selected printer in asp.net.

Question

hi friends

i an developing a web application for a client.
And i want to bind all the printer of a LAN with a dropdownlist. and when user select the printer from dropdownlist and click on print button the the printing should be perform through the selected printer.. i have tried a lot but i could not get success.
If you have any idea then reply me please.

i get the name of all the printer in dropdownlist but how to code for print the data through selected printer.
If you know please reply soon........

Thanks & Regards
Mukesh Kumar Tiwari

Mukesh Kumar Tiwari · Answer

hi kailash first of all thanks for reply me... and i m using this code for bind all the printer name in dropdownlist of the lan.. String InstalledPrinters; for (int count = 0; count { InstalledPrinters = PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters[count]; DropDownList1.Items.Add(InstalledPrinters); } and it completely work. But problem is that when i select one printer name from dropdown list for printing the data i m not geting the idea about that.. Means when i select one print name from the list of five and click on print button the printing perform through that printer... Please help if u have any idea or link....

Kailash Chandra Behera · Answer

Hi Mukesh try this code may help you ManagementScope objScope = new ManagementScope(ManagementPath.DefaultPath); //For the local Access objScope.Connect(); SelectQuery selectQuery = new SelectQuery(); selectQuery.QueryString = Select * from win32_Printer; ManagementObjectSearcher MOS = new ManagementObjectSearcher(objScope selectQuery); ManagementObjectCollection MOC = MOS.Get(); foreach (ManagementObject mo in MOC) { listBox1.Items.Add(mo[Name].ToString().ToUpper()); } if this code helps you please mark as answer