Is it possible to install and use a printer in Azure Worker Roles?

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Published on 2012-11-01T23:03:10Z Indexed on 2012/11/02 11:04 UTC
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I'd like to know if it's possible to create and use a printer in Azure Worker Roles.

I do know that I can install printers with basic batch commands. So I could define a batch script that would run as a startup task.

something like:

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "printer" /f %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf /r "file:" /m "printername")

Question: Can I use a printer to print to file, maybe to local storage? I do need the function to print to file or atleast to have a printer installed, because I have to get the PCL output from different installed printers.

Sadly I can not test it by myself. I do not have a CC to join the 90 days trial.

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