>>First, thanks for your help. What I wrote was a modification of MS KB Article Q140285 (How to modify printer settings using SetPrinter).
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>I found many MS KB code samples that simply don't work, or contain errors, memory leaks, etc. Many times they are just old.

And as I've found out, sometimes the errors are caused by the fact that (apparently) a *.cpp file is compiled differently than a *.c.

>>Anyway, after changing the printer handle from LPHANDLE to HANDLE, and the parameter passing required. It still didn't work. Then, on a guess, I removed changed the following:

>>/* Removed the following */
>>dSize = sizeof(prninfo)
>>/* Changed */
>>GetPrinter(iHandle, level, (LPBYTE)prninfo, dSize, &numbytes);
>>/* to the following */
>>GetPrinter(iHandle, level, (LPBYTE)prninfo, numbytes, &numbytes);

>>Then I could get the attributes correctly. However, the status must only be available after a print job has been set.
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>That's the whole point for getting the buffer size and using a buffer instead of a structure (of the corresponding type) directly.
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Well, you know I'm a definite newbie at this.< g > Thanks for your input (and patience).