Getting the access to the System.Printing namespace in .NET Core Console Application

Question

Is there a way to get access to the System.Printing namespace from a .net core console application. I see it is available for a .net core WPF application. There is nothing in the documentation that specifies it is only available for WPF.

I have looked for System.Printing NuGet package with no luck

I am using C# .NET Core 3.1 on Windows 10

Answer 1

Add the following framework reference to your .csproj file to be able to reference the System.Printing namespace:

<ItemGroup>
    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WPF" />
</ItemGroup>

Sources: https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/issues/871#issuecomment-501498045 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/porting/cpp-cli

Sample:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WPF" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>