Get list of Scanners Connected in PC

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Hi I want to know how to get list of scanners available in my machine. then want to display the names in dropdownbox.

Posted 5-Nov-13 19:24pm

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Sampath Lokuge 6-Nov-13 1:59am

Is this windows app?

sencsk 6-Nov-13 2:00am

yes

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Sampath Lokuge · Answer 1 · 2013-11-05T20:07:00

You can use the Windows Image Acquisition Automation Library for that.Check below mentioned links for more information.

C#

WIA.DeviceManager manager = new WIA.DeviceManagerClass();

string deviceName = "";

foreach(WIA.DeviceInfo info in manager.DeviceInfos)

{

if(info.Type == WIA.WiaDeviceType.ScannerDeviceType)

{

foreach(WIA.Property p in info.Properties)

{

if(p.Name == "Name")

{

deviceName = ((WIA.IProperty)p).get_Value().ToString();

Console.WriteLine(deviceName);

}

}

}

}

For more info:HOW TO RETRIEVE INSTALLED SCANNER

Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Library v2.0

I hope this will help to you.

sankarsan parida · Answer 2 · 2013-11-05T20:14:00

Solution 2

It's been a long time since I've worked in a Windows environment, but I would suggest that you look at using WMI.

ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_PnPEntity");
ManagementObjectCollection coll = searcher.Get();

 foreach (ManagementObject any in coll)
{
  // Check for device name
}

Posted 5-Nov-13 20:14pm

sankarsan parida

Updated 5-Nov-13 20:16pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Nov-13 2:28am

Correct, a 5. It's a big deal to sort out the collection to identify the scanner, but this is a good place to start.
—SA