import win32print, pywintypes, win32con, win32gui, win32api pname=win32print.GetDefaultPrinter() print pname p=win32print.OpenPrinter(pname) print 'Printer handle: ',p print_processor=win32print.GetPrinter(p,2)['pPrintProcessor'] ## call with last parm set to 0 to get total size needed for printer's DEVMODE dmsize=win32print.DocumentProperties(0, p, pname, None, None, 0) ## dmDriverExtra should be total size - fixed size driverextra=dmsize - pywintypes.DEVMODEType().Size ## need a better way to get DEVMODE.dmSize dm=pywintypes.DEVMODEType(driverextra) dm.Fields=dm.Fields|win32con.DM_ORIENTATION|win32con.DM_COPIES dm.Orientation=win32con.DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE dm.Copies=2 win32print.DocumentProperties(0, p, pname, dm, dm, win32con.DM_IN_BUFFER|win32con.DM_OUT_BUFFER) pDC=win32gui.CreateDC(print_processor,pname,dm) printerwidth=win32print.GetDeviceCaps(pDC, win32con.PHYSICALWIDTH) printerheight=win32print.GetDeviceCaps(pDC, win32con.PHYSICALHEIGHT) hwnd=win32gui.GetDesktopWindow() l,t,r,b=win32gui.GetWindowRect(hwnd) desktopheight=b-t desktopwidth=r-l dDC = win32gui.GetWindowDC(hwnd) dcDC=win32gui.CreateCompatibleDC(dDC) dcBM = win32gui.CreateCompatibleBitmap(dDC, desktopwidth, desktopheight); win32gui.SelectObject(dcDC, dcBM) win32gui.StretchBlt(dcDC, 0, 0, desktopwidth, desktopheight, dDC, 0, 0, desktopwidth, desktopheight, win32con.SRCCOPY) pcDC=win32gui.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC) pcBM=win32gui.CreateCompatibleBitmap(pDC, printerwidth, printerheight) win32gui.SelectObject(pcDC, pcBM) win32gui.StretchBlt(pcDC, 0, 0, printerwidth, printerheight, dcDC, 0, 0, desktopwidth, desktopheight, win32con.SRCCOPY) win32print.StartDoc(pDC,('desktop.bmp',None,None,0)) win32print.StartPage(pDC) win32gui.StretchBlt(pDC, 0, 0, int(printerwidth*.9), int(printerheight*.9), pcDC, 0, 0, printerwidth, printerheight, win32con.SRCCOPY) font=win32gui.LOGFONT() font.lfHeight=int(printerheight/20) font.lfWidth=font.lfHeight font.lfWeight=150 font.lfItalic=1 font.lfUnderline=1 hf=win32gui.CreateFontIndirect(font) win32gui.SelectObject(pDC,hf) win32gui.SetBkMode(pDC, win32con.TRANSPARENT) win32gui.SetTextColor(pDC,win32api.RGB(0,255,0)) win32gui.DrawText(pDC,'Printed by Python!', -1, (0,0, int(printerwidth*.9), int(printerheight*.9)), win32con.DT_RIGHT|win32con.DT_BOTTOM|win32con.DT_SINGLELINE) win32print.EndPage(pDC) win32print.EndDoc(pDC) win32print.ClosePrinter(p) win32gui.DeleteObject(dcBM) win32gui.DeleteObject(pcBM) win32gui.DeleteObject(hf) win32gui.DeleteDC(dDC) win32gui.DeleteDC(dcDC) win32gui.DeleteDC(pDC) win32gui.DeleteDC(pcDC)