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Garry Prefontaine wrote:
> Is there any way to detect, programmatically, if the selected printer
> supports "borderless" printing. (i.e. prints right up to the edge of
> the paper)

Check out GetDeviceCaps() (HORZRES, PHYSICALWIDTH, PHYSICALOFFSETX etc.)

Herre de Jonge <hdejonge@ravelin.nl> wrote:

>Garry Prefontaine wrote:
>> Is there any way to detect, programmatically, if the selected printer
>> supports "borderless" printing. (i.e. prints right up to the edge of
>> the paper)
>
>Check out GetDeviceCaps() (HORZRES, PHYSICALWIDTH, PHYSICALOFFSETX etc.)

Thanks for the tip - it got me thinking in the right direction!

GetDeviceCaps with PHYSICALOFFSETX  (etc) works.... BUT... only after
you change the paper selection in the print dialog to a Borderless
paper size. 

For instance using my HP Photosmart, I get PHYSICALOFFSETX  of 0, but
only after I go into the print dialog and change the paper size to
"Borderless 8.5 x 11". If I just set it at Letter size, it comes back
as 72.

I guess the only way to know if a printer supports borderless
printing, is to loop through all of the paper types and test each one
using GetDeviceCaps. 

I was hoping for a less brute-force approach, but I don't think one
exists. 

"Garry Prefontaine" <garry@prefont.com> skrev i meddelelsen 
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> For instance using my HP Photosmart, I get PHYSICALOFFSETX  of 0, but
> only after I go into the print dialog and change the paper size to
> "Borderless 8.5 x 11". If I just set it at Letter size, it comes back
> as 72.
>
> I guess the only way to know if a printer supports borderless
> printing, is to loop through all of the paper types and test each one
> using GetDeviceCaps.

That won't work.
Different printer drivers implement this differently.
My Canon PIXMA IP5200 has a checkbox to select borderless, not by changing 
paper type.
There are no standard for these things.
-- 
Finn Tolderlund

>> I guess the only way to know if a printer supports borderless
>> printing, is to loop through all of the paper types and test each one
>> using GetDeviceCaps.
>
>That won't work.
>Different printer drivers implement this differently.
>My Canon PIXMA IP5200 has a checkbox to select borderless, not by changing 
>paper type.
>There are no standard for these things.

My HP has a checkbox for borderless also. When you check this,  it
actually changes the paper type to one of the "borderless" types. So
in the HP case, I think it would work. Maybe not with the Canon
printers.

I might download the driver for the PIXMA (actaully, I think my son
might have one of those..) and test it out.

Thanks for the extra info, it all helps!

Yup - just tested a Canon PIXMA IP5200, and you are right.