Send ESC commands to a printer in C#

Question

My application needs to print invoices, then a get the invoice from database, insert information on the invoice in a big string (telling the line, column, etc.) after this I

Answer 1

Bypassing the printer driver and controlling the printer directly, using its native command language, is a supported scenario. The P/Invoke is explained well in this KB article.

Sure you want to do this? It is uncommon, to put it mildly, usually only attempted with low-cost Point-Of-Sale thermal or matrix printers. If you don't like the mechanics of PrintDocument.PrintPage, nobody does, you could consider my code in this thread. Note the FormFeed method.