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Finding the page width of default Printer

Hi all,
I need to find the width of the paper loaded in the user's default printer.
The printer may be a local one or a network printer. The width to be found
should be available even if user specifies paper of custom size.

Thanks in advance!

AlexFM

Try this:

PRINTDLG pd;
pd.lStructSize=(DWORD)sizeof(PRINTDLG);
BOOL bRet=AfxGetApp()->GetPrinterDeviceDefaults(&pd);
if(bRet)
{
// protect memory handle with ::GlobalLock and ::GlobalUnlock
DEVMODE FAR *pDevMode=(DEVMODE FAR *)::GlobalLock(m_hDevMode);

// test here pDevMode->dmPaperSize and pDevMode->dmPaperWidth

::GlobalUnlock(m_hDevMode);
}

See also MSDN topics DEVMODE, CWinApp::GetPrinterDeviceDefaults.

Jaime Olivares

You need a printer DC from your default printer, and the use GetDeviceCaps:

int width = GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,PHYSICALWIDTH) / GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,LOGPIXELSX) * 1000;
int height = GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,PHYSICALHEIGHT) / GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,LOGPIXELSY) * 1000;

Jaime Olivares

Here is a better code I have tested:

CPrintDialog dlg(FALSE);
dlg.GetDefaults();
HDC hPrtDC = dlg.m_pd.hDC;

// Page dimensions in inches
double width = (double)GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,PHYSICALWIDTH) / GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,LOGPIXELSX);
double height = (double)GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,PHYSICALHEIGHT) / GetDeviceCaps(hPrtDC,LOGPIXELSY);

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