>>anyone who knows an API function to detect the status of the printer. I want to know if the printer in online, if the lpt cable is connected, if the printer has no power
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>>thanks in advance
>have you looked at fox function
>PRINTSTATUS

PrintStatus() doesn't work for network printers or in the Windows environment is you are spooling data to your printer. The network/print spool is always on-line so PrintStatus always returns .T..