---
title: "PMPrinterCopyHostName(_:_:)"
framework: applicationservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Function
path: applicationservices/1462076-pmprintercopyhostname
---

# PMPrinterCopyHostName(_:_:)

Obtains the name of the server hosting the print queue for a given printer.

## Declaration

```swift
func PMPrinterCopyHostName(_ printer: PMPrinter, _ hostNameP: UnsafeMutablePointer<Unmanaged<CFString>?>) -> OSStatus
```

## Parameters

- `printer`: The printer whose print queue host name you want to obtain.
- `hostNameP`: A pointer to your doc://com.apple.corefoundation/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFString variable. On return, the variable refers to a Core Foundation string containing the name of the specified printer’s server. You are responsible for releasing the string.

## Return Value

Return Value A result code. See Result Codes.

## Discussion

Discussion This function is typically used to obtain the name of the computer that hosts a shared printer, possibly for display in a user interface. In macOS 10.5 and later, the typical way that users browse and communicate with a shared printer creates a local print queue and PMPrinterCopyHostName for such a print queue will return the name of the local host.

## See Also

### Accessing Information About a Printer

- [PMPrinterCopyDescriptionURL(_:_:_:)](applicationservices/1459187-pmprintercopydescriptionurl.md)
- [PMPrinterCopyDeviceURI(_:_:)](applicationservices/1460543-pmprintercopydeviceuri.md)
- [PMPrinterCopyPresets(_:_:)](applicationservices/1459117-pmprintercopypresets.md)
- [PMPrinterGetCommInfo(_:_:_:)](applicationservices/1461069-pmprintergetcomminfo.md)
- [PMPrinterGetDriverCreator(_:_:)](applicationservices/1459107-pmprintergetdrivercreator.md)
- [PMPrinterGetID(_:)](applicationservices/1459606-pmprintergetid.md)
- [PMPrinterGetLocation(_:)](applicationservices/1461467-pmprintergetlocation.md)
- [PMPrinterGetMakeAndModelName(_:_:)](applicationservices/1463347-pmprintergetmakeandmodelname.md)
- [PMPrinterGetMimeTypes(_:_:_:)](applicationservices/1460125-pmprintergetmimetypes.md)
- [PMPrinterGetName(_:)](applicationservices/1459018-pmprintergetname.md)
- [PMPrinterGetOutputResolution(_:_:_:)](applicationservices/1459076-pmprintergetoutputresolution.md)
- [PMPrinterSetOutputResolution(_:_:_:)](applicationservices/1459931-pmprintersetoutputresolution.md)
- [PMPrinterGetPaperList(_:_:)](applicationservices/1460088-pmprintergetpaperlist.md)
- [PMPrinterGetPrinterResolutionCount(_:_:)](applicationservices/1462004-pmprintergetprinterresolutioncou.md)
- [PMPrinterGetIndexedPrinterResolution(_:_:_:)](applicationservices/1464490-pmprintergetindexedprinterresolu.md)
- [PMPrinterGetState(_:_:)](applicationservices/1462954-pmprintergetstate.md)
- [PMPrinterSetDefault(_:)](applicationservices/1461118-pmprintersetdefault.md)
- [PMPrinterIsDefault(_:)](applicationservices/1459030-pmprinterisdefault.md)
- [PMPrinterIsFavorite(_:)](applicationservices/1462074-pmprinterisfavorite.md)
- [PMPrinterIsPostScriptCapable(_:)](applicationservices/1464168-pmprinterispostscriptcapable.md)
- [PMPrinterIsPostScriptPrinter(_:_:)](applicationservices/1462257-pmprinterispostscriptprinter.md)
- [PMPrinterIsRemote(_:_:)](applicationservices/1461377-pmprinterisremote.md)