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It appears Access' Printer.DeviceName returns ACCESS' default printer.<br />
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I'm looking for a way to read the WINDOWS default printer.<br />
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I found THIS which allows me to SET the Windows default printer. <br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-27974873-1"><span>Private Declare Function SetDefaultPrinter Lib &quot;winspool.drv&quot; _</span>
<span>Alias &quot;SetDefaultPrinterA&quot; (ByVal pszPrinter As String) As Long</span>
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But, I can't find one that READS it.
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It appears Access' Printer.DeviceName returns ACCESS' default printer.

I'm looking for a way to read the WINDOWS default printer.

I found THIS which allows me to SET the Windows default printer. 

(CODE)

But, I can't find one that READS it.

Read Windows default printer (not Application.printer) in VBA

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