Job properties are options on a per-job basis- for example, orientation, resolution, and form selection. The job properties dialog is displayed by the printer driver. Each driver has a different dialog, depending on the capabilities of the printer. The job properties are held in a printer driver-specific format in the abGeneralData field of the DRIVDATA structure.
Note: Job properties from one printer driver should not be given to another printer driver; the job properties probably will not be understood, and the printer driver will either return an error or substitute some default job properties. Then the user will see a change in job properties stored previously.
The user should be given the opportunity to change the job properties before the job is printed. This can be achieved by supplying a Job properties push button on the printer setup dialog.
Changing job properties requires two steps: