Submitting a Direct Presentation Manager Print Job

PM direct printing is done through a device context of type OD_DIRECT, as follows:

• Output from the PM printer driver goes directly to the printer instead of to the spooler.

• The application must specify OD_DIRECT in the DevOpenDC function.

• The pszLogAddress field of the DEVOPENSTRUC structure is a port name (for example LPT1). The port name is held in the pszLogAddr field of the PRDINFO3 structure returned by SplEnumDevice or SplQueryDevice.

• All fields following the pdriv field in the DEVOPENSTRUC structure are ignored by the system.

The remaining steps in the printing process are the same as those for OD_QUEUED device contexts.