Windows Driver Kit: Print Devices
OpenPrinter

When a print queue is opened (by using the OpenPrinter function), the print driver is loaded and the following methods of the IPrintTicketProvider interface are called in this order:

  1. IPrintTicketProvider::GetSupportedVersions
  2. IPrintTicketProvider::BindPrinter
  3. IPrintTicketProvider::QueryDeviceNamespace

The methods of the IPrintTicketProvider interface in a Unidrv or PScript5 print driver call the IPrintOemPrintTicketProvider methods of the each plug-in hosted by the driver. The following illustration and list show how these calls are made when OpenPrinter is called.

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OpenPrinter calling sequence

  1. For each plug-in, call IPrintOemPrintTicketProvider::GetSupportedVersions.
  2. For each plug-in, call IPrintOemPrintTicketProvider::BindPrinter.
  3. For each plug-in, call IPrintOemPrintTicketProvider::QueryDeviceDefaultNamespace.


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