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Default Printer in Unmanaged C++

I'm looking for a way to find the name of the Windows default printer using unmanaged C++ (found plenty of .NET examples, but no success unmanaged). Thanks.

Solution

  • The following works great for printing with the win32api from C++

    char szPrinterName[255];
unsigned long lPrinterNameLength;
GetDefaultPrinter( szPrinterName, &lPrinterNameLength );
HDC hPrinterDC;
hPrinterDC = CreateDC("WINSPOOL\0", szPrinterName, NULL, NULL);

    In the future instead of googling "unmanaged" try googling "win32 /subject/" or "win32 api /subject/"