Re: Printing PCL Format direct from Delphi

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From: J French
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:19

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On 10 Sep 2005 21:07:52 -0700, venkateswarag@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Can anyone help me in the following !!!
>How to get the list of installed printers and display the list in the
>dropdown box using Tprinter class.

  ListBox1.Items.Text := Printer.Printers.Text;

>I need to send the PCL format file to printer directly for selected
>printer from the dropdown list. 

You therefore need to bypass the printer's canvas

The simplest method I know of is to use the OpenPrinter API 
then StartDocPrinter
then possibly StartPagePrinter
then dump the contents of the file using: WritePrinter
then possibly EndPagePrinter
then EndDocPrinter
then ClosePrinter

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