<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Opens a connection to a printer</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.printer-logical-fontheight.html">printer_logical_fontheight</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.printer-select-brush.html">printer_select_brush</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.printer.html">Printer Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.printer-open" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <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> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.printer-open-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>printer_open</strong></span> ([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$printername</code></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> This function tries to open a connection to the given printer. </p> <p class="para"> <span class="function"><strong>printer_open()</strong></span> also starts a device context. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.printer-open-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">printername</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The printer name. If no parameter was given it tries to open a connection to the default printer (if not specified in <var class="filename">php.ini</var> as <em>printer.default_printer</em>, PHP tries to detect it). </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.printer-open-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a printer handle on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.printer-open-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-5377"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>printer_open()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$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> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.printer-logical-fontheight.html">printer_logical_fontheight</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.printer-select-brush.html">printer_select_brush</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.printer.html">Printer Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>