<div class="content" name="RpcAbortPrinter" uuid="924cd448-b8b7-4dba-aa56-d9d3244cd386"><p>RpcAbortPrinter aborts the currently spooling print
document.</p><dl>
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<div><pre> DWORD RpcAbortPrinter(
   [in] PRINTER_HANDLE hPrinter
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>hPrinter: </b>A handle to a printer object or <span><a href="831cd729-be7c-451e-b729-bd8d84ce4d24#gt_ac027425-6043-4ad3-be27-56a381b75d38" data-linktype="relative-path">port</a></span>
object that was opened by <span><a href="bd0bb8d5-26fd-4705-81f5-614d32b9f38f" data-linktype="relative-path">RpcAddPrinter (section 3.1.4.2.3)</a></span>,
<span><a href="3af45717-308f-4b4f-8428-430d12856110" data-linktype="relative-path">RpcAddPrinterEx (section 3.1.4.2.15)</a></span>,
<span><a href="989357e2-446e-4872-bb38-1dce21e1313f" data-linktype="relative-path">RpcOpenPrinter (section 3.1.4.2.2)</a></span>,
or <span><a href="0e81ce18-72b1-46c3-8584-a205393b04ff" data-linktype="relative-path">RpcOpenPrinterEx (section 3.1.4.2.14)</a></span>.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>This method MUST return zero
(ERROR_SUCCESS) to indicate successful completion or a nonzero Windows error code
to indicate failure <span><a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a></span>.</p><p>Upon receiving this message, the server MUST validate
parameters as follows:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Perform the validation steps that are specified in <span><a href="10bfa8c2-d456-4ad0-912d-e674766a36c8" data-linktype="relative-path">PRINTER_HANDLE
Parameters (section 3.1.4.1.11)</a></span>. This method SHOULD assume
that the handle to the printer or port object can be used without further
access checks.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Verify that a job has been associated with <i>hPrinter</i> by
using <span><a href="90f95ff0-3ae0-4dde-a83d-35f457c710a6" data-linktype="relative-path">RpcStartDocPrinter</a></span>,
and if that verification fails, return ERROR_SPL_NO_STARTDOC [MS-ERREF].</p>
</li></ul><p>If parameter validation fails, the server MUST fail the
operation immediately and return a nonzero error response to the client.
Otherwise, the server MUST process the message and compose a response to the
client as follows:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>The current job is aborted. If it is in spool stage, spooling
MUST stop. If it is in printing stage, printing MUST stop.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Modify the job object to indicate that the job has been aborted.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Delete the <span><a href="831cd729-be7c-451e-b729-bd8d84ce4d24#gt_4c0e7da9-88a8-4430-abd7-27e7250b8180" data-linktype="relative-path">spool file</a></span>, if one
exists.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Delete the job object.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Modify the list of jobs to exclude this deleted job.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Return the status of the operation.</p>
</li></ul></div>