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Need some help with LPDEVMODE and printing

Hello,
I have a printer with 3 printer tray. One with white paper, one with red paper, one with green paper.
I would like to print one copy in red and green.
with dev->dmDefaultSource=DMBIN_AUTO;
or dev->dmDefaultSource=0; I will print white

dev->dmDefaultSource=1 I will print red
dev->dmDefaultSource=2 I will print green

Is it possible to change that....so when all white pages are done then the printer will do the same in red and green.

The only thing I come up with is to call 3 functions with different dev->dmDefaultSource values.
It is possilbe to change that in only one function =OnBnClickedButton_Printing()
500 points with a solution.
Thank you for your help. Printing is difficult.
Best regards,
Thomas

void CAuftragsHistory_Lieferschein_Dialog::OnBnClickedButton_Printing()
{

       HANDLE hDevMode;
HANDLE hDevNames;

if (GetPrinterDevice(_T("\\\\DSERVER\\Brother HL-7050 series"), &hDevNames, &hDevMode)) //
{
AfxGetApp()->SelectPrinter(hDevNames, hDevMode);
CPrintDialog dlgPrint(FALSE,PD_PAGENUMS|PD_USEDEVMODECOPIESANDCOLLATE , this);

//--------------------------- Papier Auswahl DEVMODE ----------------------------------
if(AfxGetApp()->GetPrinterDeviceDefaults(&dlgPrint.m_pd))
{
                   LPDEVMODE dev=dlgPrint.GetDevMode();
       GlobalUnlock(dev);

dev->dmOrientation=DMORIENT_PORTRAIT; //Hochformat
dev->dmPaperSize=DMPAPER_A4;
dev->dmCopies=1;
dev->dmDefaultSource=DMBIN_AUTO;

       //Wichtig !!!dmFields setzen
dev->dmFields |=DM_PAPERLENGTH|DM_PAPERWIDTH|DM_ORIENTATION|DM_DEFAULTSOURCE;
              }

       dlgPrint.m_pd.Flags &= ~PD_RETURNDC; // Reset flag set by constructor.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Force the CPrintDialog to use our device mode & name.
dlgPrint.m_pd.hDevMode = CopyHandle(hDevMode);
dlgPrint.m_pd.hDevNames = CopyHandle(hDevNames);

              //if(dlgPrint.DoModal()==IDOK) //Ohne CPrintDialogBox
       // {

GlobalFree(hDevMode);
GlobalFree(hDevNames);
hDevMode = CopyHandle(dlgPrint.m_pd.hDevMode); // Save new copies.
hDevNames = CopyHandle(dlgPrint.m_pd.hDevNames); // Save new copies.

                   CDC dc;
                   HDC hDCPrint = dlgPrint.CreatePrinterDC();
                   //------------------
                   dc.Attach(hDCPrint);
                   //------------------

       dc.m_bPrinting=TRUE;

            //------------------------------------
             DOCINFO Print;
memset( &Print, 0, sizeof(DOCINFO) );
Print.cbSize = sizeof (DOCINFO);
Print.lpszDocName = "Drucken im Dialog";
Print.lpszOutput = (LPTSTR) NULL;
Print.lpszDatatype = (LPTSTR) NULL;
Print.fwType = 0;
       //-----------------------------------

       BOOL bPrintingOK = dc.StartDoc(&Print);
       CPrintInfo pInfo;
       pInfo.m_rectDraw.SetRect(0,0,dc.GetDeviceCaps(HORZRES), dc.GetDeviceCaps(VERTRES));

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       OnBeginPrinting(&dc,&pInfo); // call prepare
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



for(UINT page=pInfo.GetMinPage();page<=pInfo.GetMaxPage() &&bPrintingOK ; page++)
{
//begin a new page
              dc.StartPage();
pInfo.m_nCurPage=page;
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       OnPrint(&dc,&pInfo); // call Print your Page
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       bPrintingOK=(dc.EndPage()>0);
       }

       //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OnEndPrinting(&dc,&pInfo); // call your clean up
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            if(bPrintingOK)
                          {
dc.EndDoc();
                          }
                          else
                          {
                               dc.AbortDoc();
                          }

                          dc.DeleteDC();
             // }// Ohne CPrintDialogBox

              GlobalFree(dlgPrint.m_pd.hDevMode);
              GlobalFree(dlgPrint.m_pd.hDevNames);
       }


}

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Thomas Stockbruegger

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Hello Andy,
thanks for the code.
with your code I am calling the function also 3 times (PrintToTray).
Okay...thats is fewer coding....but the same as I would call 3 different OnBnClickedButton_Printing() functions
with different dev->dmDefaultSource values.

I thought I can change the OnBnClickedButton_Printing() arround here:
for(UINT page=pInfo.GetMinPage();page<=pInfo.GetMaxPage() &&bPrintingOK ; page++)
{
//begin a new page
dc.StartPage();
pInfo.m_nCurPage=page;
.
.
.
or is this not possible?
Let me know
Thank you.

AndyAinscow

My first thoughts are it would end up with code being repeated (because you need to print the page three times within that loop), unless there is a real requirement it is probably easier to print the complete document to one paper colour, then another, then another.

Note: It ought to work and I might have misunderstood your intention.

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

okay...thats okay...so my coding (a little more) was okay.

by the way how difficult is that?
"unless there is a real requirement it is probably easier to print the complete document to one paper colour, then another, then another"

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

Andy,
by the way when I call my function I got an error.
But not allways...sometimes...can you help me ?
afxcrit.cpp
1.BMP

AndyAinscow

Print the complete document at one go, three times, to different trays.

void CAuftragsHistory_Lieferschein_Dialog::OnBnClickedButton_Printing()
{
PrintToTray(0);
PrintToTray(1);
PrintToTray(2);
}

AndyAinscow

Are you multithreading for the printing?

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

This is how I call the 3 function (only with different values 0-1-2)

void CAuftragsHistory_Lieferschein_Dialog::OnBnClickedButton_Drucken()
{

int iLieferscheinNr=atoi(m_strLieferscheinNr);//MemberVariable

      m_button_Drucken.EnableWindow(false);//disable
      Sleep(1000);
//===============
      VERIFY(Drucken_weiss());
     Sleep(1000);
      if(iLieferscheinNr<200000) MessageBox(" Drucke Lieferschein " +m_strLieferscheinNr);
      if(iLieferscheinNr>200000) MessageBox(" Drucke Warenbegleitschein " +m_strLieferscheinNr);
//===============
Sleep(1000);
     VERIFY(Drucken_rot());
      //===============
      Sleep(1000);
       VERIFY(Drucken_gruen());
      //===============
      Sleep(1000);

      m_button_Drucken.EnableWindow(true);//not disable

}

AndyAinscow

Why do you have the Sleep statements?

I assume the three Drucken_xxx functions are effectively what you had originally (three pieces of identical code apart from specifying which printer tray)

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

because I thought that will erase the error
Why do you have the Sleep statements?

I assume the three Drucken_xxx functions are effectively what you had originally (three pieces of identical code apart from specifying which printer tray) = yes

you see that I don´t use the printdialog
//if(dlgPrint.DoModal()==IDOK) //Ohne CPrintDialogBox
// {
but when I use the dialog, until now I have no error
Please let me know, thanks.

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

1.BMP

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

Hello Andy,
this is my code for GetPrinterDevice....perhaps the error comes from here?
please help, thanks

//#######################################################################################
bool CAuftragsHistory_Lieferschein_Dialog::GetPrinterDevice(LPTSTR pszPrinterName, HGLOBAL* phDevNames, HGLOBAL* phDevMode)
{
      // if NULL is passed, then assume we are setting app object's
// devmode and devnames
if (phDevMode == NULL || phDevNames == NULL)
      {
            MessageBox("EPSON LQ-680Pro Port 2 Wiegekarte-1error");
return FALSE;
      }

// Open printer
HANDLE hPrinter;
if (OpenPrinter(pszPrinterName, &hPrinter, NULL) == FALSE)
      {
            MessageBox("EPSON LQ-680Pro Port 2 Wiegekarte-2error");
return FALSE;
      }

// obtain PRINTER_INFO_2 structure and close printer
DWORD dwBytesReturned, dwBytesNeeded;
GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, NULL, 0, &dwBytesNeeded);
PRINTER_INFO_2* p2 = (PRINTER_INFO_2*)GlobalAlloc(GPTR,
dwBytesNeeded);
if (GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, (LPBYTE)p2, dwBytesNeeded,&dwBytesReturned) == 0)
      {
GlobalFree(p2);
ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
MessageBox("EPSON LQ-680Pro Port 2 Wiegekarte-3error");
return FALSE;
}
ClosePrinter(hPrinter);

// Allocate a global handle for DEVMODE
HGLOBAL hDevMode = GlobalAlloc(GHND, sizeof(*p2->pDevMode) + p2->pDevMode->dmDriverExtra);
ASSERT(hDevMode);
DEVMODE* pDevMode = (DEVMODE*)GlobalLock(hDevMode);
ASSERT(pDevMode);

// copy DEVMODE data from PRINTER_INFO_2::pDevMode
memcpy(pDevMode, p2->pDevMode, sizeof(*p2->pDevMode) + p2->pDevMode->dmDriverExtra);
GlobalUnlock(hDevMode);

// Compute size of DEVNAMES structure from PRINTER_INFO_2's data
DWORD drvNameLen = lstrlen(p2->pDriverName)+1; // driver name
DWORD ptrNameLen = lstrlen(p2->pPrinterName)+1; // printer name
DWORD porNameLen = lstrlen(p2->pPortName)+1; // port name

// Allocate a global handle big enough to hold DEVNAMES.
HGLOBAL hDevNames = GlobalAlloc(GHND, sizeof(DEVNAMES) +(drvNameLen + ptrNameLen + porNameLen)*sizeof(TCHAR));
ASSERT(hDevNames);
DEVNAMES* pDevNames = (DEVNAMES*)GlobalLock(hDevNames);
ASSERT(pDevNames);

// Copy the DEVNAMES information from PRINTER_INFO_2
// tcOffset = TCHAR Offset into structure
int tcOffset = sizeof(DEVNAMES)/sizeof(TCHAR);
ASSERT(sizeof(DEVNAMES) == tcOffset*sizeof(TCHAR));

pDevNames->wDriverOffset = tcOffset;
memcpy((LPTSTR)pDevNames + tcOffset, p2->pDriverName,drvNameLen*sizeof(TCHAR));
tcOffset += drvNameLen;

pDevNames->wDeviceOffset = tcOffset;
memcpy((LPTSTR)pDevNames + tcOffset, p2->pPrinterName,ptrNameLen*sizeof(TCHAR));
tcOffset += ptrNameLen;

pDevNames->wOutputOffset = tcOffset;
memcpy((LPTSTR)pDevNames + tcOffset, p2->pPortName,porNameLen*sizeof(TCHAR));
pDevNames->wDefault = 0;

GlobalUnlock(hDevNames);
GlobalFree(p2); // free PRINTER_INFO_2

// set the new hDevMode and hDevNames
*phDevMode = hDevMode;
*phDevNames = hDevNames;
return TRUE;
}

//#######################################################################################
HANDLE CAuftragsHistory_Lieferschein_Dialog::CopyHandle(HANDLE h)
{
      // Return a handle to a copy of the data
// that the passed handle was for.
if (!h) return NULL;

BYTE* lpCopy;
BYTE* lp;
HANDLE hCopy;
DWORD dwLen = GlobalSize(h);
if (hCopy = GlobalAlloc(GHND, dwLen))
{
lpCopy = (BYTE*)GlobalLock(hCopy);
lp = (BYTE*)GlobalLock(h);

CopyMemory(lpCopy,lp,dwLen);

GlobalUnlock(hCopy);
GlobalUnlock(h);
}

return hCopy;

}

//#######################################################################################

AndyAinscow

This is getting really away from the original question.
I don't know if I have the time to study your code in detail - occasional errors are usually very difficult to track down.

Again - are you using multiple threads? If yes then that might be the cause.

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

Again - are you using multiple threads? If yes then that might be the cause.
Sorry...but I don´t know if yes or no, what is multiple threads

AndyAinscow

AfxBeginThread, CreateThread

If you don't know then probably not

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

okay...then I do not use it

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

Andy,
the strange thing is that the stop and exeptions only happens with the GetPrinterDevice
I did printing before with the printdialog and default printer with no error at all.
The only thing I had to do is to enable the Property button of the printerdialog, because otherwise it sometimes crashed.
The printer I use here is the default printer....the printing must be done without the dialog.
Is there a other way to print here without the GetPrinterDevice...if that is the cause of the error, and without the printdialog?

AndyAinscow

I'll try to think about it.

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

okay...I appreciate your help....printing is very strange....thank you

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

Andy,
one other hint......

if I change if (GetPrinterDevice(_T("\\\\DSERVER\\Brother HL-7050 series"), &hDevNames, &hDevMode)) //

to if (GetPrinterDevice(_T("PowerPDF 2005"), &hDevNames, &hDevMode)) //

to print a PDF with GetPrinterDevice ... I can press the button 100´s times wiht no error at all

HANDLE hDevMode;
HANDLE hDevNames;

if (GetPrinterDevice(_T("PowerPDF 2005"), &hDevNames, &hDevMode)) // {
AfxGetApp()->SelectPrinter(hDevNames, hDevMode);
CPrintDialog dlgPrint(FALSE,PD_PAGENUMS|PD_USEDEVMODECOPIESANDCOLLATE , this);

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

Andy,
If I go on and on to printing this is my Call Stack when I crash with printing

> KERNEL32.DLL!77eaf870()
KERNEL32.DLL!77eae67e()

Threads
> 2504 CStockbrueggerView::OnPaint 77eaf870 Normal 0
2352 Win32 Thread 77888f03 Normal 0
2120 Win32 Thread 77888b37 Normal 0

Thomas Stockbruegger

ASKER

Hi Andy, please take a look at my new question...I think I have to clean first my program with errors, Thank you