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- From: bob@david.wheaton.edu (Bob)
- Subject: Re: Getting, changing and restoring "capture" information
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.213807.22572@wheaton.wheaton.edu>
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- Organization: Wheaton College, IL
- References: <GMRIBEIR.93Jan21145122@david.wheaton.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:38:07 GMT
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- In article <GMRIBEIR.93Jan21145122@david.wheaton.edu> gmribeir@david.wheaton.edu (Glauber) writes:
- >
- > That i want to do: to able to, from within a program
- >that i write, print to any specific queue or to the local
- >printer, independently of how the "capture." is set. For
- >instance, i need to be sure that a certain program prints to
- >a specific printer because of printer setup, codes, etc. I
- >can envelop the program in a batch file that sets capture to
- >the queue i want, but then i have to reset it to what it was
- >before. As we add users, it gets harder and harder to
- >antecipate what printer is the preferred one for each user.
- >
- > Can i ask Netware if lpt1 is being captured, where
- >to, settings, etc., save it, change the parameters to what i
- >need, than reset them to what they were, from within a C
- >program?
-
- the best way i can think of is just to print directly to the print queue
- regardless of the capture status. i can give you a demo program to get you on
- your way on this one. it is documented in the programming reference, but they
- don't tell you the format of the header info.
-
- bob
-