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OpenPrinterW(3w)

NAME

OpenPrinterW (WINSPOOL.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL OpenPrinterW
(
LPWSTR lpPrinterName,
HANDLE* phPrinter,
LPPRINTER_DEFAULTSW pDefault
)

DESCRIPTION

Open a Printer / Printserver or a Printer-Object.

PARAMS

lpPrinterName [In] Name of Printserver, Printer, or Printer-Object.

phPrinter [Out] The resulting Handle is stored here.

pDefault [In] PTR to Default Printer Settings or NULL.

RETURNS

Success: TRUE

Failure: FALSE.

NOTES

lpPrinterName is one of:

Printserver (NT only): "Servername" or NULL for the local Printserver

Printer: "PrinterName"

Printer-Object: "PrinterName,Job xxx"

XcvMonitor: "Servername,XcvMonitor MonitorName"

XcvPort: "Servername,XcvPort PortName".

BUGS

Printer-Object not supported

pDefaults is ignored

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winspool.h".

Implemented in "dlls/winspool.drv/info.c".

Debug channel "winspool".

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