by SC Productions (1 Submission)
Category: Windows System Services
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sun 13th June 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Gives detailed information about your printer,taken from MSKB.
API Declarations
Private Const NULLPTR = 0&
' Constants for DEVMODE
Private Const CCHDEVICENAME = 32
Private Const CCHFORMNAME = 32
' Constants for DocumentProperties
Private Const DM_MODIFY = 8
Private Const DM_COPY = 2
Private Const DM_IN_BUFFER = DM_MODIFY
Private Const DM_OUT_BUFFER = DM_COPY
' Constants for dmOrientation
Private Const DMORIENT_PORTRAIT = 1
Private Const DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE = 2
' Constants for dmPrintQuality
Private Const DMRES_DRAFT = (-1)
Private Const DMRES_HIGH = (-4)
Private Const DMRES_LOW = (-2)
Private Const DMRES_MEDIUM = (-3)
' Constants for dmTTOption
Private Const DMTT_BITMAP = 1
Private Const DMTT_DOWNLOAD = 2
Private Const DMTT_DOWNLOAD_OUTLINE = 4
Private Const DMTT_SUBDEV = 3
' Constants for dmColor
Private Const DMCOLOR_COLOR = 2
Private Const DMCOLOR_MONOCHROME = 1
Private Type DEVMODE
dmDeviceName(1 To CCHDEVICENAME) As Byte
dmSpecVersion As Integer
dmDriverVersion As Integer
dmSize As Integer
dmDriverExtra As Integer
dmFields As Long
dmOrientation As Integer
dmPaperSize As Integer
dmPaperLength As Integer
dmPaperWidth As Integer
dmScale As Integer
dmCopies As Integer
dmDefaultSource As Integer
dmPrintQuality As Integer
dmColor As Integer
dmDuplex As Integer
dmYResolution As Integer
dmTTOption As Integer
dmCollate As Integer
dmFormName(1 To CCHFORMNAME) As Byte
dmUnusedPadding As Integer
dmBitsPerPel As Integer
dmPelsWidth As Long
dmPelsHeight As Long
dmDisplayFlags As Long
dmDisplayFrequency As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias _
"OpenPrinterA" (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter As Long, _
ByVal pDefault As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DocumentProperties Lib "winspool.drv" _
Alias "DocumentPropertiesA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal hPrinter As Long, ByVal pDeviceName As String, _
pDevModeOutput As Any, pDevModeInput As Any, ByVal fMode As Long) _
As Long
Private Declare Function ClosePrinter Lib "winspool.drv" _
(ByVal hPrinter As Long) As Long
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "KERNEL32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
(hpvDest As Any, hpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As Long)
VBcoders
If (InStr(OriginalStr, Chr(0)) > 0) Then
OriginalStr = Left(OriginalStr, InStr(OriginalStr, Chr(0)) - 1)
End If
StripNulls = Trim(OriginalStr)
End Function
Function ByteToString(ByteArray() As Byte) As String
Dim TempStr As String
Dim I As Integer
For I = 1 To CCHDEVICENAME
TempStr = TempStr & Chr(ByteArray(I))
Next I
ByteToString = StripNulls(TempStr)
End Function
Function GetPrinterSettings(szPrinterName As String, hdc As Long) _
As Boolean
Dim hPrinter As Long
Dim nSize As Long
Dim pDevMode As DEVMODE
Dim aDevMode() As Byte
Dim TempStr As String
If OpenPrinter(szPrinterName, hPrinter, NULLPTR) Then
nSize = DocumentProperties(NULLPTR, hPrinter, szPrinterName, _
NULLPTR, NULLPTR, 0)
ReDim aDevMode(1 To nSize)
nSize = DocumentProperties(NULLPTR, hPrinter, szPrinterName, _
aDevMode(1), NULLPTR, DM_OUT_BUFFER)
Call CopyMemory(pDevMode, aDevMode(1), Len(pDevMode))
List1.Clear ' empty the ListBox
List1.AddItem "Printer Name: " & _
ByteToString(pDevMode.dmDeviceName)
If pDevMode.dmOrientation = DMORIENT_PORTRAIT Then
TempStr = "PORTRAIT"
ElseIf pDevMode.dmOrientation = DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE Then
TempStr = "LANDSCAPE"
Else
TempStr = "UNDEFINED"
End If
List1.AddItem "Orientation: " & TempStr
Select Case pDevMode.dmPrintQuality
Case DMRES_DRAFT
TempStr = "DRAFT"
Case DMRES_HIGH
TempStr = "HIGH"
Case DMRES_LOW
TempStr = "LOW"
Case DMRES_MEDIUM
TempStr = "MEDIUM"
Case Else ' positive value
TempStr = CStr(pDevMode.dmPrintQuality) & " dpi"
End Select
List1.AddItem "Print Quality: " & TempStr
Select Case pDevMode.dmTTOption
Case DMTT_BITMAP ' default for dot-matrix printers
TempStr = "TrueType fonts as graphics"
Case DMTT_DOWNLOAD ' default for HP printers that use PCL
TempStr = "Downloads TrueType fonts as soft fonts"
Case DMTT_SUBDEV ' default for PostScript printers
TempStr = "Substitute device fonts for TrueType fonts"
Case Else
TempStr = "UNDEFINED"
End Select
List1.AddItem "TrueType Option: " & TempStr
' Windows NT drivers often return COLOR from Monochrome printers
If pDevMode.dmColor = DMCOLOR_MONOCHROME Then
TempStr = "MONOCHROME"
ElseIf pDevMode.dmColor = DMCOLOR_COLOR Then
TempStr = "COLOR"
Else
TempStr = "UNDEFINED"
End If
List1.AddItem "Color or Monochrome: " & TempStr
If pDevMode.dmScale = 0 Then
TempStr = "NONE"
Else
TempStr = CStr(pDevMode.dmScale)
End If
List1.AddItem "Scale Factor: " & TempStr
List1.AddItem "Y Resolution: " & pDevMode.dmYResolution & " dpi"
List1.AddItem "Copies: " & CStr(pDevMode.dmCopies)
' Add any other items of interest ...
Call ClosePrinter(hPrinter)
GetPrinterSettings = True
Else
GetPrinterSettings = False
End If
End Function
Private Sub Command1_Click()
If GetPrinterSettings(Printer.DeviceName, Printer.hdc) = False Then
List1.AddItem "No Settings Retrieved!"
End If
End Sub
'Required one command button & one listbox
