How to check USB device arrival is printer?

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I have i windows service,which take care of USB devices arrival and removal.

Plz help me out

What I have tried:

I able to figure all the USB device. But NOT printers.

Posted 14-Jul-16 7:59am

sekharsam

Updated 7-Mar-17 21:39pm

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[no name] 14-Jul-16 14:12pm

You can determine the device class for an USB device. How to do you will easely find with Google. Here you will find an overview for device classes: USB - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]

sekharsam 14-Jul-16 14:24pm

Thanks for ur reply , that i have already checked out but how to implement it

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2016-07-14T20:37:00

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Assuming you are using RegisterDeviceNotification function (Windows)[^] you can register the notification for specific device classes (see Registering for Device Notification (Windows)[^]).

See System-Defined Device Setup Classes Available to Vendors - Windows 10 hardware dev[^] for a list of device class GUIDs:

Quote:
Printers
Class = Printer
ClassGuid = {4d36e979-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
This class includes printers.

Posted 14-Jul-16 20:37pm

Jochen Arndt

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sekharsam 2-Feb-17 12:41pm

thanks

sekharsam 8-Mar-17 3:41am

Jochen Arndt
IO had used the Above ClsaaGuid, but the Device is not captured.

Jochen Arndt 8-Mar-17 4:13am

An alternative method to get the ClassGuid of a specific device is opening the INF file for that device with a text editor (from the driver media or at Windows\inf for installed devices) or selecting it in the device manager and choosing ClassGUID on the Details tab.

If that does not help you may also try to catch all events to find out which is for your device.