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printing to a printer without asking which printer

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    Question printing to a printer without asking which printer

    Hi

    I know from a search how to get a list of available printers on a PC, and I know by recording a macro how to get a printer as the active printer which the print goes to.

    What I need is how to get a command to set a active printer from a list of printers?

    Is there a way to generate a list of printers on a pc, but to display them with the necessary network parts attached eg
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    , also some are not networked -
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    This is to bypass the pop up dialog box selecting the printer, as it will always be the laser printer and not any of the others, I know you could set it up so the user selects the pc they are working on, but the might as well select the printer.

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    Re: printing to a printer without asking which printer

    Hello cuewoz,

    This macro should provide a good starting point. It lists the available printers as you describe, but this code is for computers that use NTFS (Windows NT File Structure). You don't mention which operating system you are using either in your post in your profile. If you are using Windows 2000 or later then this macro should run.
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    Re: printing to a printer without asking which printer

    thanks Leith, I'll see what I can do with this but looks very usefull! I use XP BTW

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