Windows Printer Settings: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Navigation:
Main Page with Articles and Tutorials
Keyword Reference - Alphabetical
Keyword Reference - By usage
Report a broken link
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Contents== | == Contents == | ||
* This code issues the command to display a PC's list of printers and routes the output to a text file: | * This code issues the command to display a PC's list of printers and routes the output to a text file: | ||
{{CodeStart}}{{Cl|SHELL}} {{Cl|_HIDE}} "CMD /C" + "wmic printer get name,default > default.txt" | {{CodeStart}}{{Cl|SHELL}} {{Cl|_HIDE}} "CMD /C" + "wmic printer get name,default > default.txt" | ||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* These SHELL commands work in Windows XP, 7, 8.1 and 10. | * These SHELL commands work in Windows XP, 7, 8.1 and 10. | ||
| Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
* [[SHELL]], [[_HIDE]] | * [[SHELL]], [[_HIDE]] | ||
* [[LPRINT]] | * [[LPRINT]] | ||
* [http://www.computerhope.com/wmic.htm Windows WMI commands] | * [http://www.computerhope.com/wmic.htm Windows WMI commands] | ||
* [http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html Linux Printer Commands] | * [http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html Linux Printer Commands] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:18, 28 January 2023
There are some Windows command line statements that allow one to (i) identify the current Windows default printer (as well as other printers associated with a PC) and (ii) change the default to a different printer.
A program can use SHELL statements in QB64 to execute those operating system commands. See the following examples provided by forum member DonW:
Contents
- This code issues the command to display a PC's list of printers and routes the output to a text file:
SHELL _HIDE "CMD /C" + "wmic printer get name,default > default.txt" |
A sample of the contents of the resulting file is as follows. Notice that the default printer is listed as "TRUE":
Default Name FALSE Microsoft XPS Document Writer TRUE HP Photosmart C7200 series FALSE HP Officejet Pro 8600 FALSE Fax |
- Here is the code to set the default printer to the "HP Officejet Pro 8600" listed in the sample above:
SHELL _HIDE "CMD /C" + "wmic printer where name='HP Officejet Pro 8600' call setdefaultprinter" |
Then running the get default SHELL code again, we see the following contents of the text file:
Default Name FALSE Microsoft XPS Document Writer FALSE HP Photosmart C7200 series TRUE HP Officejet Pro 8600 FALSE Fax |
Now we see that the "HP Officejet Pro 8600" is marked as "TRUE", and thus is now the default printer for LPRINT and _PRINTIMAGE.
Notes
- These SHELL commands work in Windows XP, 7, 8.1 and 10.
See also