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Function name : AddPrinter

Group: Printing and Print Spooler - Library: winspool.drv

The AddPrinter function adds a printer to the list of supported printers for a specified server.

Code examples:

Adding printer to the list of supported printers for the specified server

Declaration:

HANDLE AddPrinter(
  LPTSTR pName,     // server name
  DWORD Level,      // printer information level
  LPBYTE pPrinter   // printer information buffer
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER AddPrinter IN winspool.drv;
	STRING    pName,;
	INTEGER   Level,;
	STRING  @ pPrinter

Parameters:

pName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the server on which the printer should be installed.

Level [in] Specifies the version of the structure to which pPrinter points. This value must be 2.

pPrinter [in] Pointer to a PRINTER_INFO_2 structure that contains information about the printer.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to a new printer object.

Comments:

When you are finished with the handle, pass it to the ClosePrinter function to close it.

Use the EnumPrintProcessors function to enumerate the set of print processors installed on a server. Use the EnumPrintProcessorDatatypes function to enumerate the set of data types that a print processor supports. Use the EnumPorts function to enumerate the set of available ports. Use the EnumPrinterDrivers function to enumerate the installed printer drivers.