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<h1 class="refname">printer_open</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL printer SVN)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">printer_open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Opens a connection to a printer</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>printer_open</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$printername</code></span>
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This function tries to open a connection to the given printer.
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<span class="function"><strong>printer_open()</strong></span> also starts a device context.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">printername</code></em></span>
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The printer name. If no parameter was given it tries to open a
connection to the default printer (if not specified in <var class="filename">php.ini</var> as
<em>printer.default_printer</em>, PHP tries to detect it).
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Returns a printer handle on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>printer_open()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$handle </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printer_open</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"HP Deskjet 930c"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$handle </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printer_open</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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