Printing from a .NET Service [closed]

Answer 1

This may not be what you're looking for, but if I needed to do this quick&dirty, I would:

1. Create a separate WPF application (so I could use the built-in document handling)
2. Give the service the ability to interact with the desktop (note that you don't actually have to show anything on the desktop, or be logged in for this to work)
3. Have the service run the application, and give it the data to print.

You could probably also jigger this to print from a web browser that you run from the service (though I'd recommend building your own shell IE, rather than using a full browser).

For a more detailed (also free) solution, your best bet is probably to manually format the document yourself (using GDI+ to do the layout for you). This is tedious, error prone, time consuming, and wastes a lot of paper during development, but also gives you the most control over what's going to the printer.