Printing using windows API

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From: Simon Elliott
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:16

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I'm doing this to print directly via windows:

OpenPrinter(printer, &handle, NULL);
StartDocPrinter(handle, 1, (LPBYTE)&DocInfo);
StartPagePrinter(handle);
WritePrinter(handle, (void*)buff, count, &dwBytesWritten);
EndPagePrinter(handle);
EndDocPrinter(handle);

The returns from the functions are always OK, but it only works
properly on certain printers. On a networked HP Colour LaserJet 2550LN
it prints correctly, but then prints gobbledygook and the printer has
an incorrect paper size error. Jaws PDF creator seems to interpret the
text being printed as a series of (invalid) commands. It works fine on
an Epson dot matrix printer.

Is there any way I can get the above to work on all printers? If not,
what's my best option? To get a device context and use TextOut?

-- 
Simon Elliott    http://www.ctsn.co.uk

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