System.Drawing.Printing is not available for windows server

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I am doing a Windows service using visual studio 2012

I want that service to print something

I normally can print stuff, but in this case, I got that System.Drawing.Printing is not available

could you help me please

private void printDocument1_PrintPage(object sender, System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs e)
        {}

@SriramSakthivel are you implying that I should add that reference please? — Marco Dinatsoli, Oct 22 '14 at 10:45
Yes of course. You need to add it. Because `System.Drawing.Printing.XXX` exist in that assembly only. — Sriram Sakthivel, Oct 22 '14 at 10:46
@SriramSakthivel when I tried to add reference, there is no System.Drawing option — Marco Dinatsoli, Oct 22 '14 at 10:48
@SriramSakthivel no sorry there is. there are System.Drawing and System.Drawing.Design. should I add both of them or the former would be enough? — Marco Dinatsoli, Oct 22 '14 at 10:49
No only `System.Drawing` is enough latter is not required(AFAIK). — Sriram Sakthivel, Oct 22 '14 at 10:50
@SriramSakthivel and now when I register my service, should I do anything in order to add the reference? or this reference will be added automatically when registering the service? — Marco Dinatsoli, Oct 22 '14 at 10:51
You don't need to do anything. You can follow the regular deployment procedure which you are following now. This dll will be there in GAC so your program will get access to it. — Sriram Sakthivel, Oct 22 '14 at 10:54

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs class live in System.Drawing.dll assembly. So you must add the reference to System.Drawing assembly in order to use it.

If you have the assembly reference in place and still you get the error? Please refer my answer here

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Oct 22 '14 at 11:00

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '15 at 15:15

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For some reason you need to have a reference to "ReachFramework" to make System.Printing.PrintTicket and System.Printing.PrintCapabilities

answered Jul 21 '15 at 15:15

jschmoe

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can you post some code? ... i think your answer its vague – Rafael Jul 21 '15 at 15:21
It's a project setting. – Thraka Jul 21 '15 at 15:22

System.Drawing.Printing is not available for windows server

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