how do I print two or more printers simultaneously in one computer

[damtoii]

I have two or more printers and one computer. I want to print to both printers the same document at the same time... Thus when I press print on my document both printers will print the file simultaneously. please help me :( . some one can help me in c # windows form . thank you .

[Luuk]

Simplest way i can thing of is install something like pdfcreator.
Configure this so it will automatically create a PDF when it gets a job.
Configure a script that will print the PDF to both printers.

P.S. This is when you are working on Windows, if it should run on Linux it would be simpler ;)

[damtoii]

No. I'm looking of some codes or someone who help me to create that in c # windows form

[Luk3r]

The absolute easiest way is to create a local PDF printer. When printing to that printer you can choose "Print to File", which will create an actual print file that can be sent to other printers. Once you "Print to File", your program would then make a copy of that file and send one copy to Printer1 and one copy to Printer2. I'd love to help you with the code but I don't have Visual Studio installed on this machine. Hope my explanation was enough to help!

[damtoii]

It was not clear for me to understand your explanation but thanks a lot for helping me. But how can I create a local PDF printer? Then It is automatically when I choose "Print to File" it will a copy to another printers or it will having some codes to do that

[Luk3r]

It depends if you're using Windows XP or Windows 7/8. On Windows 7/8, you simply go to your Printers under control panel, add a new printer, choose local, and when it asks for a port, in the drop down list just choose "Print to File". When it asks what printer and driver, just choose something from Adobe or HP...any will really work. Then when you print to that printer it will ask you to save the document to a directory of your choosing. This is where the program that you write comes in to play. You would have your program search for the file, make a copy of it, then send the file to a real printer. The quickest way I know to do this would be via a shell command. See below:

Shell("cmd /c *.prnFileLocation* /b *PrinterShareLocation*

Here's an example with made up data.

Shell("cmd /c c:\TestPage.prn /b \\printserver1\Printer1

The shell command I've provided is in Visual Basic because that's the language I know best. But you should be able to convert to C# pretty easily. Good luck!

[Luuk]

If you really want to create your own printer driver,
than you should google for: printer driver sample code microsoft

The first link leads to the website from Microsoft, a page called: "Windows Driver Kit Samples Pack"

There's even some sample code available....

1st Question:
Are these two printers of identical type?
If they have different printer-drivers than the option to print via file will not work.

2nd Question:
Why not simply print 2 copies on 1 printer?