Printer Functions
PHP Manual

printer_open

Opens a connection to a printer

Description

resource printer_open ([ string $printername ] )

This function tries to open a connection to the given printer.

printer_open also starts a device context.

Parameters

printername

The printer name. If no parameter was given it tries to open a connection to the default printer (if not specified in php.ini as printer.default_printer, PHP tries to detect it).

Return Values

Returns a printer handle on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 printer_open example

<?php
$handle = printer_open("HP Deskjet 930c");
$handle = printer_open();
?>