Convert a image to a monochrome byte array

Question

I am writing a library to interface C# with the EPL2 printer language. One feature I would like to try to implement is printing images, the specification doc says

Answer 1

As SLaks said I needed to use LockBits

Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, Bitmap.Width, Bitmap.Height);
System.Drawing.Imaging.BitmapData bmpData = null;
byte[] bitVaues = null;
int stride = 0;
try
{
    bmpData = Bitmap.LockBits(rect, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, Bitmap.PixelFormat);
    IntPtr ptr = bmpData.Scan0;
    stride = bmpData.Stride;
    int bytes = bmpData.Stride * Bitmap.Height;
    bitVaues = new byte[bytes];
    System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Copy(ptr, bitVaues, 0, bytes);
}
finally
{
    if (bmpData != null)
        Bitmap.UnlockBits(bmpData);
}

Answer 2

If you just need to convert your bitmap into a byte array, try using a MemoryStream:

Check out this link: C# Image to Byte Array and Byte Array to Image Converter Class

public byte[] imageToByteArray(System.Drawing.Image imageIn)
{
 MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
 imageIn.Save(ms,System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Gif);
 return  ms.ToArray();
}