exception occurred while creating the PrintServer object. Win32 error: The printer name is invalid

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Hi i am getting this exception when i am trying to create printserver object. Here is my code

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PrintServer printServer = new PrintServer(@"\\" + printServerName);
PrintQueue printQueue = printServer.GetPrintQueue(printerName);

I trying to get the printers from another machine which is windows server 2012, same code works fine if i try to acess some OS based system. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Posted 9-Apr-14 0:36am

sagar_253

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sagar_253 · Answer 1 · 2014-04-09T21:16:00

I found the answer for this, and i know many others are also looking for this issue.

This issue was occuring due to windows feature/role "Print and Document service" is missing on the system. This role is required for managing multiple printers or print servers and migrating printers to and from other windows servers.

To add the role Go To Control Panel->Turn windows feature on or off->click on check box "Print and Document Service"->install.

See with network administrator for installing this rule if you unable to add it.

After adding the role you can able to create print server object and get the all the printqueues on respective server.