What's the best way to get the default printer in .NET

Question

I need to get the default printer name. I\'ll be using C# but I suspect this is more of a framework question and isn\'t language specific.

Answer 1

• 1st create an instance of the PrintDialog object.
• then call the print dialog object and leave the PrinterName blank. this will cause the windows object to return the defualt printer name
• write this to a string and use it as the printer name when you call the print procedure

Code:

Try

    Dim _printDialog As New System.Windows.Forms.PrintDialog

    xPrinterName = _printDialog.PrinterSettings.PrinterName '= "set as Default printer"

Catch ex As Exception
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("could not printed Label.", "Print Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End Try