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    Talking using api calls to send a staple command to a printer

    I'm writing VB6 code and we have a Canon iR550 copier/printer. I need to programatically send a command to the printer that tells it that I want the print job I am about to send to be stapled. I was wondering if there was an api call that did something like this.

    thanks for your help. Sue

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    contact the people who made the printer and ask them for the escape sequences that do this...
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    jim mcnamara
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    And if you're using the Printer object to print, it may intercept and not pass on some stuff (it's called passthru vs. no-passthru) in an escape sequence. It depends on the driver and some other things.

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