[python-win32] Re: StartDoc failed

[Roger Upole]

PRINTER_ENUM_DEFAULT only works on Windows 95/98.
win32print.OpenPrinter(win32print.GetDefaultPrinter())
should get a handle that you can pass to GetPrinter.

        Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luc Saffre" <luc.saffre at gmx.net>
To: "Roger Upole" <rwupole at msn.com>
Cc: <python-win32 at python.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Re: StartDoc failed


> On 22.02.2005 01:14, Roger Upole wrote:
>> You should be able to use win32print.GetPrinter to check
>> the state.  Either the status or the attributes (or both) should
>> change when it's not available. (Atributes are element 13
>> of the returned tuple, Status is element 18)
>
> Roger, thanks for the hint. I saw that GetPrinter() needs a handle, which 
> I can find out -as I suppose- using EnumPrinters().
>
> Unfortunately, EnumPrinters(PRINTER_ENUM_DEFAULT) seems to not work. It 
> always raises:
>
>   pywintypes.error: (0, 'EnumPrinters', 'No error message is available')
>
> even if the default printer is defined and ready.
>
> I'd guess that EnumPrinters() does not forward PRINTER_ENUM_DEFAULT 
> correctly, because for example EnumPrinters(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL) works 
> well.
>
> Tja...
> Luc