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I need to create a C# application that will run in server in that i need to get the printer details like printer status, number of pages printed.The system which is requested for the print that systems username and system name.
If the system connected in the network requested for printing then i need to get the system details in my application
how can i do this?.
sorry for my bad English.
The classes in the .NET 3.0 System.Printing namespace are your starting point. Beware that the amount of functionality available is pretty limited. You can’t get an event out of them that tells you that a new print job got started. Something as simple and obvious as counting printed pages is not possible.
This is a core architectural limitation, Windows leaves a lot of the printing management up to a the printer driver. And every printer manufacturer makes their own. Which explains that counting pages isn’t supported for example, the driver sends some kind of proprietary control command to the printer to tell it to generate copies of a document rather than Windows spooling the same document repeatedly. That’s efficient but not easily observed. These manufacturers also usually have their own printing management software, you probably ought to look at that first.