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Is there something better than EnumPrinters?

Hi All I was just wondering if there was a better function/way to get
information on all the printers currently installed than EnumPrinters.
I only really need all the printer names but don't care to do the
memory management involved with EnumPrinters.

I looked at using GetProfileStrin g with [devices] but that requires I
know the buffer size ahead of time.

Any alternatives would be appreciated.

Jan 26 '06 #1
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Py************@ gmail.com wrote:
Hi All I was just wondering if there was a better function/way to get
information on all the printers currently installed than EnumPrinters.
I only really need all the printer names but don't care to do the
memory management involved with EnumPrinters.

I looked at using GetProfileStrin g with [devices] but that requires I
know the buffer size ahead of time.

Any alternatives would be appreciated.


Sure.

PrinterSettings .InstalledPrint ers will give you these.

No, its not terribly intuitive :)

Matt

Jan 26 '06 #2
Yes actually thank you!

Jan 26 '06 #3

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