>Hi,
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>Is there a way to detect whether a printer connected with a printer driver through Windows is actually online and ready to accept a report.
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>The PRINTSTATUS() command always returns .t.
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>Thank you in advance.
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>Mike Mayo
Not that I know of. As soon as you use the spooler (queue), Windows accepts all print jobs, and says it is "ready to receive more input".
You could try and see what happens when you work without the spooler, but even if it works, I don't think it is an ideal solution.
Hilmar.
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