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Hardcopy Commands
PRINters?
PRINters?
Query :HARDcopy:PRINters?
This query returns the currently available printers.
Returned Format [:HARDcopy:PRINters]<printer_count><NL><printer_data><NL>[,<printer_data><NL>]
<printer_count> Number of printers currently installed.
<printer_data> The printer number and the name of an installed printer. The word DEFAULT appears next
to the printer that is the currently selected default printer.
Example This example places the number of installed printers into the variable Count, loops through
that number of times, and prints the installed printer names to the computer screen.
10 DIM Setting$[50] !Dimension variable
20 OUTPUT 707;":HARDCOPY:PRINTERS?"
30 ENTER 707;Count
40 IF Count>0 THEN
50 FOR Printer_number=1 TO Count
60 ENTER 707;Setting$
70 PRINT Setting$
80 NEXT Printer_number
90 END IF
100 END