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Once you have the name of a printer, to print on a network use the CopyFilefunction or the CreateFileand WriteFilefunctions.

To print using CopyFile

  1. Call CopyFile, specifying the network printer to use and which file to print.

  2. CopyFilehas the following syntax.

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    CopyFile (szSrcFile, szUNCPrinterShare, FALSE);

  3. The file to print is szSrcFile. The network printer to use is szUNCPrinterShare, which can accept a UNC name returned by the WNetEnumResourcefunction.
To print using CreateFile and Writefile

  1. Create a file on the network printer by calling CreateFile.

  2. Write the data or document to be printed to the newly created file by calling the WriteFilefunction.

  3. Close the fileto queue the print job.

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