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       How to: Clone a Printer
   DIR By: eyeconic
       Date: April 5, 2018, 9:44 am
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       Most businesses will, at some point, buy multiple printers of
       the same model. Typically, these are all installed with
       virtually identical configuration settings. Installing each
       printer can be time-consuming and error prone. The
       System.Printing.IndexedProperties namespace and the
       InstallPrintQueue class that are exposed with Microsoft .NET
       Framework makes it possible to instantly install any number of
       additional print queues that are cloned from an existing print
       queue. +
       Example
       In the example below, a second print queue is cloned from an
       existing print queue. The second differs from the first only in
       its name, location, port, and shared status. The major steps for
       doing this are as follows.
       1.Create a PrintQueue object for the existing printer that is
       going to be cloned.
       2.Create a PrintPropertyDictionary from the PropertiesCollection
       of the PrintQueue. The Value property of each entry in this
       dictionary is an object of one of the types derived from
       PrintProperty. There are two ways to set the value of an entry
       in this dictionary.
       •Use the dictionary's Remove and Add methods to remove the entry
       and then re-add it with the desired value.
       •Use the dictionary's SetProperty method.
       The example below illustrates both ways.
       3.Create a PrintBooleanProperty object and set its Name to
       "IsShared" and its Value to true.
       4.Use the PrintBooleanProperty object to be the value of the
       PrintPropertyDictionary's "IsShared" entry.
       5.Create a PrintStringProperty object and set its Name to
       "ShareName" and its Value to an appropriate String.
       6.Use the PrintStringProperty object to be the value of the
       PrintPropertyDictionary's "ShareName" entry.
       7.Create another PrintStringProperty object and set its Name to
       "Location" and its Value to an appropriate String.
       8.Use the second PrintStringProperty object to be the value of
       the PrintPropertyDictionary's "Location" entry.
       9.Create an array of Strings. Each item is the name of a port on
       the server.
       10.Use InstallPrintQueue to install the new printer with the new
       values.
       
       An example is below.
       C# Copy
       LocalPrintServer myLocalPrintServer = new
       LocalPrintServer(PrintSystemDesiredAccess.AdministrateServer);
       PrintQueue sourcePrintQueue =
       myLocalPrintServer.DefaultPrintQueue;
       PrintPropertyDictionary myPrintProperties =
       sourcePrintQueue.PropertiesCollection;
       // Share the new printer using Remove/Add methods
       PrintBooleanProperty shared = new
       PrintBooleanProperty("IsShared", true);
       myPrintProperties.Remove("IsShared");
       myPrintProperties.Add("IsShared", shared);
       // Give the new printer its share name using SetProperty method
       PrintStringProperty theShareName = new
       PrintStringProperty("ShareName", "\"Son of " +
       sourcePrintQueue.Name +"\"");
       myPrintProperties.SetProperty("ShareName", theShareName);
       // Specify the physical location of the new printer using
       Remove/Add methods
       PrintStringProperty theLocation = new
       PrintStringProperty("Location", "the supply room");
       myPrintProperties.Remove("Location");
       myPrintProperties.Add("Location", theLocation);
       // Specify the port for the new printer
       String[] port = new String[] { "COM1:" };
       // Install the new printer on the local print server
       PrintQueue clonedPrinter =
       myLocalPrintServer.InstallPrintQueue("My clone of " +
       sourcePrintQueue.Name, "Xerox WCP 35 PS", port, "WinPrint",
       myPrintProperties);
       myLocalPrintServer.Commit();
       // Report outcome
       Console.WriteLine("{0} in {1} has been installed and shared as
       {2}", clonedPrinter.Name, clonedPrinter.Location,
       clonedPrinter.ShareName);
       Console.WriteLine("Press Return to continue ...");
       Console.ReadLine();
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