Q: Getting the printer name ...

Is there a way to access the NAME of the current printer in VB?
I would be grateful if you could answer me!

Wilko Verweij; Wilko.Verweij@rivm.nl


A: 
In the registry (w95) the name of the printer is found under the key:
HKLM\Config\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
after the keyword Default.


If you need help by getting information from the registry you can get 
the file http://www.kather.net/VisualBasicSource/vb4usingtheregistry.txt



n.b. if you are using w3.x the name is in the file win.ini In vb3 you 
need to read the inifile. An example is on the site...

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