C++ Printing: Printer jams, what am I doing wrong?
- by Kleas
I have a problem with printing in C++. As far as I know, this code used to work on my previous printer, but ever since I got another one (an HP C7280) it started giving problems. Whenever I try to print anything, even an empty page, the page JAMS the printer. I have to manualy remove the page from the printer. I have no clue why this is happening. Am I doing something wrong, is it a driver problem, are there better ways to print in C++? I am using Windows 7 64 bit, but this problem also presented itself when I was using Windows Vista 64 bit. I use the following code:
PRINTDLG pd;
ZeroMemory(&pd, sizeof(pd));
pd.lStructSize = sizeof(pd);
pd.hwndOwner = mainWindow;
pd.hDevMode = NULL;
pd.hDevNames = NULL;
pd.Flags = PD_USEDEVMODECOPIESANDCOLLATE | PD_RETURNDC;
pd.nCopies = 1;
pd.nMinPage = 1;
pd.nMaxPage = 0xFFFF;
if (PrintDlg(&pd)==TRUE)
{
DOCINFO di;
di.cbSize = sizeof(DOCINFO);
di.lpszDocName = "Rumitec en Roblaco Print";
di.lpszOutput = (LPTSTR)NULL;
di.fwType = 0;
// Start printing
StartDoc(pd.hDC, &di);
StartPage(pd.hDC);
initPrinter(pd.hDC);
// ...
// Do some drawing
// ...
// End printing
EndPage(pd.hDC);
EndDoc(pd.hDC);
DeleteDC(pd.hDC);
}
Am I doing something wrong? Alternatively, is there a better, easier, more modern way to do it?
