How can I programmatically identify a Windows only printer?

[clyclopedic]

Our application has the ability to fall back to DOS-era character based
printing. Of course, these days many printers can't accept ASCII characters.
There's an archive of discussion of this topic here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/119307-45-printing

But how can an application probe a printer using code to discover whether
it's a Windows only printer or not? The user experience is not a good one
when ASCII is sent to a Windows only printer. Thanks for any advice.

[Chuck]

Common practice is to assume that almost any modern ink jet printer is a
graphics/windows printer.
In theory, there are registry entires that show the printing capabilities,
and you may be able to actually query the driver.

Post by clyclopedic
Our application has the ability to fall back to DOS-era character based
printing. Of course, these days many printers can't accept ASCII
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/119307-45-printing
But how can an application probe a printer using code to discover whether
it's a Windows only printer or not? The user experience is not a good one
when ASCII is sent to a Windows only printer. Thanks for any advice.