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"Francisco navarro" <paconava@telefonica.net> wrote:
>
> [...] the first time it execute, look for this printers and
> if it is missing, install it without intervention of the
> user, if it possible?

Sure. However, you don't want to check *only* the first time
the program is run because the user could see the printer a
day or two later and not knowing what it is, delete it.

I don't know how to get the list of printers from Windows but
that's a small thing to figure out. If you're using the VCL,
itterate the TPrinter::Printers list to see if your printer is
there.

If not, install the generic printer:

    PRINTER_INFO_2 PrinterInfo;

    PrinterInfo.pServerName         = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.pPrinterName        = "Some Custom Name";
    PrinterInfo.pShareName          = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.pPortName           = "FILE:";
    PrinterInfo.pDriverName         = "Generic / Text Only";
    PrinterInfo.pComment            = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.pLocation           = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.pDevMode            = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.pSepFile            = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.pPrintProcessor     = "WinPrint";
    PrinterInfo.pDatatype           = "RAW";
    PrinterInfo.pParameters         = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.pSecurityDescriptor = NULL;
    PrinterInfo.Attributes          = 576;
    PrinterInfo.Priority            = 1;
    PrinterInfo.DefaultPriority     = 0;
    PrinterInfo.StartTime           = 0;
    PrinterInfo.UntilTime           = 0;
    PrinterInfo.Status              = 0;
    PrinterInfo.cJobs               = 0;
    PrinterInfo.AveragePPM          = 0;

~ JD