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Locating Default W2K or XP Pro Printer
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 Locating Default W2K or XP Pro Printer - Jul. 26, '03, 7:52:06 PM
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Dan
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While rebuilding an application on Win2K that uses a " system" call to invoke " lpr" , I discovered that lpr no longer passes prints through to the default Windows print queue when a print destination is not identified. Under NT 4.0/SP 6a it worked fine. Now, the call to lpr, either via " system" or from the shell prompt, has to identify the target printer explicitly or no-go. That' s not a major problem except for the fact that it' s not obvious how to identify the default printer queue programatically. Tested on an XP Pro machine with similar results. When an application is being deployed to potentially hundreds of desktops, hand-setting the environment variables for each one is a non-starter. Any bright ideas?
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 RE: Locating Default W2K or XP Pro Printer - Jul. 26, '03, 10:23:59 PM
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markfunk
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There might be a way via Windows WMI and using a Windows script to get the default printer information.
There are also the Win32 api' s GetDefaultPrinter() and EnumPrinters() which in combination should be able to give you the information you need for the -S and -P options to lpr.exe.
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