Windows printing

[Imperatorn]

On Monday, 11 October 2021 at 17:59:39 UTC, frame wrote:
> On Thursday, 7 October 2021 at 18:00:17 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
>
>> I think that might depend on OS version iirc.
>
> Well, I guess you are right. If I just put the 
> DocumentPropertiesA() call in a loop, it locks in immediately 
> with 0 or between 60 - 400 failed attempts, depending on the 
> printer driver.
>
> Very weird behavior but It cannot caused by my program - the 
> input data in memory is constant and not corrupted.
>
> Also interesting the amount of failed attempts stays exactly 
> the same or just moves a bit but is never really random.

Interesting. Have you tried any sanity checking using any other 
language or using some existing code?

Like, maybe you can use wmi for this? idk