David,

Do you have any documentation for the printer?

You might be able to open the port, send the appropriate escape code and read the response. I think you can still talk to directly to parallel and comm ports with the FoxPro low level file functions.

Jim



>According to the Hacker's Guide to VFP 6.0, SYS(13) and PRINTSTATUS() always return READY or .t..
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>>David,
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>>Have you tried SYS(13)?
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>>Jim
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>>>I am sending a text file to a Zebra Z4000 label printer. The problem is if the printer is off or not connected then my app locks up and it is not responding. I am using the CopyFile Win32API function to print. Any ideas?
>>>TIA!