I tried to print but the result of the printing status did not print immediately and the print time was approximately 10-12 seconds whether there is a solution so that it can be printed immediately or there is a need to be in the settings on my form
thanks
Public Shared Function SendBytesToPrinter(ByVal szPrinterName As String, ByVal pBytes As IntPtr, ByVal dwCount As Int32) As Boolean
Dim dwError As Int32 = 0, dwWritten As Int32 = 0
Dim hPrinter As New IntPtr(0)
Dim di As New DOCINFOA()
Dim bSuccess As Boolean = False ' Assume failure unless you specifically succeed.
di.pDocName = "OUTPUTPRN"
di.pDataType = "RAW"
' Open the printer.
If OpenPrinter(szPrinterName.Normalize(), hPrinter, IntPtr.Zero) Then
' Start a document.
If StartDocPrinter(hPrinter, 1, di) Then
' Start a page.
If StartPagePrinter(hPrinter) Then
' Write your bytes.
bSuccess = WritePrinter(hPrinter, pBytes, dwCount, dwWritten)
EndPagePrinter(hPrinter)
End If
EndDocPrinter(hPrinter)
End If
ClosePrinter(hPrinter)
End If
' If you did not succeed, GetLastError may give more information
' about why not.
If bSuccess = False Then
dwError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()
End If
Return bSuccess
End Function
Public Shared Function SendFileToPrinter(ByVal printerName As String, ByVal filePath As String) As Boolean
Dim bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(filePath).ToArray
Dim byteCount = bytes.Length
Dim unmanagedBytesPointer = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(byteCount)
Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, unmanagedBytesPointer, byteCount)
Dim success = SendBytesToPrinter(printerName, unmanagedBytesPointer, byteCount)
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(unmanagedBytesPointer)
Return success
End Function
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
If My.Settings.close = True Then
Dim printer As String = "EPSON LX-300+II ESC/P"
Dim path As String = "C:\vDos\#LPT1.asc"
For i As Integer = 1 To 1
SendFileToPrinter(printer, path)
Next i
Me.Close()
End If
End Sub