<div class="content" name="RpcGetPrinterDriver2" uuid="a73e77d0-7b24-48cf-a6d3-8b4061749495"><p>RpcGetPrinterDriver2 retrieves <span><a href="831cd729-be7c-451e-b729-bd8d84ce4d24#gt_1a48eebd-e72c-494d-b8cb-84dfb7bc3b65" data-linktype="relative-path">printer driver</a></span> data
for the specified printer.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_334"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 334" href="e81cbc09-ab05-4a32-ae4a-8ec57b436c43#Appendix_A_334" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;334&gt;</a></p><dl>
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<div><pre> DWORD RpcGetPrinterDriver2(
   [in] PRINTER_HANDLE hPrinter,
   [in, string, unique] wchar_t* pEnvironment,
   [in] DWORD Level,
   [in, out, unique, size_is(cbBuf)] 
     BYTE* pDriver,
   [in] DWORD cbBuf,
   [out] DWORD* pcbNeeded,
   [in] DWORD dwClientMajorVersion,
   [in] DWORD dwClientMinorVersion,
   [out] DWORD* pdwServerMaxVersion,
   [out] DWORD* pdwServerMinVersion
 );
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</dd></dl><p><b>hPrinter: </b>A handle to a printer 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>pEnvironment: </b>A parameter specified in <span><a href="5b2bf7d5-ac77-464f-be5e-f3a7c1782246" data-linktype="relative-path">Environment
Name Parameters (section 3.1.4.1.3)</a></span>.</p><p><b>Level: </b>The driver information level.</p><dl>
<dd>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Value</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>0x00000001</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_1 (section 2.2.2.4.1).</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00000002</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_2 (section 2.2.2.4.2).</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00000003</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_3 (section 2.2.2.4.3).</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00000004</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_4 (section 2.2.2.4.4).</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00000005</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_5 (section 2.2.2.4.5).</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00000006</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_6 (section 2.2.2.4.6).</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00000008</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_8 (section 2.2.2.4.8).</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00000065</td>
  <td>Corresponds to _DRIVER_INFO_101 (section 2.2.2.4.9).</td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</dd></dl><p><b>pDriver: </b>A pointer to the <span><a href="f29e9057-df29-40d4-9c51-c615c0da62a1" data-linktype="relative-path">BUFFER</a></span>,
as specified in INFO Structures Query Parameters (section 3.1.4.1.9).
</p><p><b>BUFFER TYPE:</b> _DRIVER_INFO.</p><dl>
<dd>
<p>This parameter can be NULL if <i>cbBuf</i> is zero.</p>
</dd></dl><p><b>cbBuf: </b>A parameter specified in INFO
Structures Query Parameters.</p><p><b>pcbNeeded: </b>A parameter specified in INFO
Structures Query Parameters.</p><p><b>dwClientMajorVersion: </b>The
implementation-specific major printer driver version of the client operating
system.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_335"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 335" href="e81cbc09-ab05-4a32-ae4a-8ec57b436c43#Appendix_A_335" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;335&gt;</a></p><p><b>dwClientMinorVersion: </b>The
implementation-specific minor printer driver version of the client operating
system.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_336"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 336" href="e81cbc09-ab05-4a32-ae4a-8ec57b436c43#Appendix_A_336" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;336&gt;</a></p><p><b>pdwServerMaxVersion: </b>A pointer to a DWORD that
receives the implementation-specific major version that the operating system
supports for that printer driver.</p><p><b>pdwServerMinVersion: </b>A pointer to a DWORD that
receives the implementation-specific minimum version that the operating system
supports for that printer driver.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_337"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 337" href="e81cbc09-ab05-4a32-ae4a-8ec57b436c43#Appendix_A_337" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;337&gt;</a></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 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 object can be used without further access
checks.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Perform the validation steps specified in Environment Name
Parameters.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Perform the validation steps specified in INFO Structures Query
Parameters.</p>
</li></ul><p>In addition, the print server SHOULD validate that, if the <i>Level</i>
parameter is 0x00000065, the printer driver associated with the printer object
has a driver version strictly less than 0x00000004. If that validation fails,
this method MUST return ERROR_CAN_NOT_COMPLETE.<a id="Appendix_A_Target_338"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 338" href="e81cbc09-ab05-4a32-ae4a-8ec57b436c43#Appendix_A_338" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;338&gt;</a></p><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>Find a printer driver that is compatible with the OS version on
the specified <span><a href="831cd729-be7c-451e-b729-bd8d84ce4d24#gt_59fb3ddc-63cf-45df-8a90-46a6af9e00cb" data-linktype="relative-path">print server</a></span> that is
specified by the value of the <i>dwClientMajorVersion</i> and <i>dwClientMinorVersion</i>
parameters.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Using the identified printer driver, perform the processing and
response steps specified in INFO Structures Query Parameters.</p>
</li></ul><p>If parameter validation was successful, the server SHOULD
also perform the following steps:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Store the actual compatible operating system version for the
printer driver in the variables pointed to by the <i>pdwServerMaxVersion</i>
and <i>pdwServerMinVersion</i> parameters.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Return the status of the operation.</p>
</li></ul></div>