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引言
网络打印机是一种通过局域网、互联网或者虚拟专用网络连接的打印机,与传统打印机不同的是它能够减少在打印任务中本地计算机与打印机之间的负载,提高打印效率,这恰好符合了我们在云计算时代的需求。本文将探讨如何通过VB访问网络打印机,实现远程打印。
VB如何访问网络打印机
VB6在访问网络打印机时只需要调用API函数,实现方法如下:
Private Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "OpenPrinterA" (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter As Long, ByVal pDefault As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ClosePrinter Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hPrinter As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function StartDocPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "StartDocPrinterA" (ByVal hPrinter As Long, ByVal Level As Long, pDocInfo As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function EndDocPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hPrinter As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function StartPagePrinter Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hPrinter As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EndPagePrinter Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hPrinter As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function WritePrinter Lib "winspool.drv" (ByVal hPrinter As Long, pBuf As Any, ByVal cdBuf As Long, pcWritten As Long) As Long
以上API函数主要是处理打印机连接、文档、页等信息,其中OpenPrinter函数是用于打开网络打印机连接,其参数pPrinterName应该是网络打印机的名称(如“\\192.168.1.1\打印机名称”)。
VB实现远程打印机
下面的代码展示了如何从网络打印机打印文本文件:
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim hPrinter As Long
Dim hFile As Integer
Dim buf() As Byte
Dim nCount As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim sPrinterName As String
Dim sFileText As String
Dim sFileName As String
sPrinterName = "\\192.168.1.1\打印机名称"
sFileName = "C:\test.txt"
hFile = FreeFile
Open sFileName For Binary Access Read As hFile
nCount = LOF(hFile)
ReDim buf(0 To nCount - 1) As Byte
Get hFile, , buf
Close hFile
OpenPrinter sPrinterName, hPrinter, 0
If hPrinter Then
Dim DocInfo As DOC_INFO_1
Dim lngPrinted As Long
DocInfo.pDocName = "测试打印"
DocInfo.pOutputFile = vbNullString
DocInfo.pDatatype = "RAW"
StartDocPrinter hPrinter, 1, DocInfo
StartPagePrinter hPrinter
WritePrinter hPrinter, buf(0), nCount, lngPrinted
EndPagePrinter hPrinter
EndDocPrinter hPrinter
ClosePrinter hPrinter
MsgBox "打印成功!"
Else
MsgBox "无法连接打印机!"
End If
End Sub
代码中以获取本地文件为例,将文件拷贝到网络打印机上,并在远程执行打印任务。如果需要打印其他格式的文件如DOC或PDF,则可以使用多种方式,其中最简单的是将文件转换为RAW格式再执行打印任务。
结论
本文介绍了VB访问网络打印机的方法,通过调用API函数实现打印机连接、文档、页等信息的处理,同时演示了如何从网络打印机打印文本文件。此外,对于其他格式的文件,我们可以将其转换为RAW格式再执行打印任务,在实际开发中需要根据情况进行选择和开发。





