C# Signature:

    [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "ReadPrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
    static extern bool ReadPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, IntPtr pBuf, int cbBuf, out int pNoBytesRead);

VB Signature:

Declare Function ReadPrinter Lib "winspool.dll" (TODO) As TODO

User-Defined Types:

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Notes:

When reading a print job a maximum of 262144 (256k) bytes are returned per read. So if the print job is larger than 256k multiple reads will be required.

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