printer_open

Description

This function tries to open a connection to the printer devicename, and returns a handle on success or FALSE on failure.

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).

printer_open() also starts a device context.

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