Opens a connection to a printer

printer_open

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printer_open — Opens a connection to a printer

resource printer_open ([ string $printername ] )

This function tries to open a connection to the given printer.

printer_open() also starts a device context.

printername: The printer name. If no parameter was given it tries to open a connection to the default printer (if not specified in php.ini as printer.default_printer, PHP tries to detect it).

Returns a printer handle on success or FALSE on failure.

Example #1 printer_open() example


<?php
$handle = printer_open("HP Deskjet 930c");
$handle = printer_open();
?>