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".