How to get a list of physical and network printers

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Hello all

i am developing a windows application in C#. i want a list of physical and network printers only but when i execute my code it will give me all printers including XPS, MDI, FAX
how to avoid it ?

here is my code

C#

foreach (String printer in PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters)
            {
                    cmbPrinter.Items.Add(printer.ToString());
            }

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koolprasad

Posted 25-Sep-13 3:14am

koolprasad2003

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BillWoodruff 25-Sep-13 12:47pm

Do you have the issues of discovering all printers of all types across your network solved ?

Or, is your problem simply one of discriminating what the found printers are by type ?

Obviously PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters in System.Drawing.Printing doesn't give you what you need; have you tried using the Win32_Printer object in WMI ?

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Eduard Keilholz · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25T05:14:00

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If I'm right, all your printers are stored in Active Directory. So a quick search on the web resulted in this link[^]

Posted 25-Sep-13 5:14am

Eduard Keilholz