How to get the default printer name with network path

Hi guys, I want to get the default printer name with the network path. Because i am using the network printer as a default printer. So i need this in VB.NET or C#.Net. Kind help needed. Thanks in advance

Sivakumar.P

From stackoverflow

• Here's a link that tells you what APIs to search for MSDN. And some code too.

• Try enumerating System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters.

  using System.Drawing.Printing;
  string GetDefaultPrinter()
  {
      PrinterSettings settings = new PrinterSettings();
      foreach (string printer in PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters)
      {
          settings.PrinterName = printer;
          if (settings.IsDefaultPrinter)
              return printer;
      }
      return string.Empty;
  }
  

• This does not work too well. I had better experience on more machines with

  DllImport("winspool.drv", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError=true)] public static extern bool GetDefaultPrinter(StringBuilder pszBuffer, ref int size);

  StringBuilder dp = new StringBuilder(256); int size = dp.Capacity; if (GetDefaultPrinter(dp, ref size)) { Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Printer: {0}, name length {1}", dp.ToString().Trim(), size)); } else { int rc = GetLastError(); Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Failed. Size: {0}, error: {1:X}", size, rc)); }