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Printer Port Name

I need to get the printer driver and port name in vb.net.
I know how to get Printer Name of any printer on my system using the
PrinterSettings class but I am unable to find how to get the port name.

Thanks

Boris
Nov 20 '05 #1
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Hello,

"Boris Bulit" <bu****@bellsouth.net> schrieb:
I need to get the printer driver and port name in vb.net.
I know how to get Printer Name of any printer on my
system using the PrinterSettings class but I am unable
to find how to get the port name.


You can use the WMI class 'Win32_Printer' and get its port name
('PortName' property). You will find samples for using WMI with VB.NET
on the web.

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet
Nov 20 '05 #2

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