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    Default Printer problem

    Running Qt under Windows and for some reason it can't find the printers (there are 7 including both network and usb printers).

    Here's the relevant code:
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    1. QT += sql \
    2. printsupport \
    3. serialport \
    4. xml \
    5. network \
    6. widgets
    7.  
    8.  
    9. from mainwindow.h
    10. #include <QPrinter>
    11. #include <QPrintDialog>
    12. #include <QPrinterInfo>
    13.  
    14. from mainwindow.cpp
    15. QList <QPrinterInfo> plist = QPrinterInfo::availablePrinters();
    16. qDebug() << "len = " << plist.length(); // len comes back zero
    17.  
    18. QPrinter printer;
    19. printer.setPrinterName("DYMO LabelWriter 450");
    20. qDebug() << "printer valid? " << printer.isValid(); // comes back false
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    I have another application that uses the same code and it reports 7 printers and prints to the Dymo just fine.
    Any idea what I am missing here?

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    Default Re: Printer problem

    What happens if you use a PrintDialog instead? Something like
    Qt Code:
    1. QPrintDialog dialog(printer, this);
    2. if (dialog.exec() == QDialog::Rejected) {
    3. return;
    4. }
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    Does it show a list of printers attached to the computer?

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    Default Re: Printer problem

    QPrintDialog returns: QPrintDialog: Cannot be used on non-native printers
    Because no printers are found.

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    Default Re: Printer problem

    I also have the same problem. On my development machine(Win7 64 Bit, Qt 5.2 mingw) it works. But when i deploy the application to another computer i get the warning:

    QPrintDialog: Cannot be used on non-native printers

    I tried it with WinXP on virtualbox, again the problem exists. plugins\printsupport\windowsprintersupport.dll and platform\qwindows.dll exists in binary folder.

    Any idea ?

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    Default Re: Printer problem

    Sorry Yagabey, no idea. Also running under Win 7/64. I have 2 applications. Both use the same code. It works on one but not the other. The one that does not work returns a list of zero printers from QList <QPrinterInfo> plist = QPrinterInfo::availablePrinters();
    And print dialog gives me the same error message that you get.

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    Default Re: Printer problem

    Hi guys! I had the same problem and the reason was I put the wrong "windowsprintersupport.dll" in "plugins\printsupport\" dir. There were two different dll files in my Qt dir. You should take the right one.

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    Default Re: Printer problem

    QPrintDialog can't be used with pdfs on Windows because it is a native print dialog and has no knowledge of Qt's PDF printer.

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    Default Re: Printer problem

    I have the same problem...
    I changed the line
    printer.setOutputFileName("Filename.pdf");
    to
    printer.setOutputFileName("Filename");
    and the printdialog worked.
    I made sure the print to file was not ticked...and whalla...(ozzie slang for great it worked)
    a print of what I wanted worked.

    Thanks for the Help to all

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