How to find printer name?

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hi
is there any way to find the full name of my EPSON TM-T81 printer? i know the ip and port.
i am getting printer not fount when i use the below names.

1.TM-T81 5.00 ESC/POS-A
2.PosPrinter
3.EPSON TM-T81 Receipt
4.EPSON TM-T81

How to find?:(
Thanks..

Posted 8-Aug-14 0:13am

hasbina

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Herman<T>.Instance 8-Aug-14 6:14am

WMI: see here

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Sibeesh Venu · Answer 1 · 2014-08-08T01:26:00

Solution 1

You can find the solution here

Managing Printers Programatically using C# and WMI[^]

How to Check if your Printer is Connected, using C#[^]

Posted 8-Aug-14 1:26am

Sibeesh Venu

Updated 8-Aug-14 1:28am

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hasbina 8-Aug-14 7:47am

@sibeesh

EPSON printer connected using ethernet.it's test print get success.but can't take print using c#. i dont know the printer name. the above code giving the
printer 'microsoft XPS Document Writer'.

[no name] 8-Aug-14 7:49am

Did you really go through that links?

hasbina 8-Aug-14 8:51am

YS

User 8696850 · Answer 2 · 2014-08-08T02:54:00

Solution 2

Hello,

you should add this :
using System.Drawing.Printing;

then to get all available printers :

XML

List<string> allp = new List<string>();
              foreach (string printer in PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters)
              {

                  allp.Add(printer);
              }

Posted 8-Aug-14 2:54am

User 8696850

Updated 8-Aug-14 2:58am

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