>Hi,
>
>My application is using thermal printer from Star,TUP452 for my kiosk
>application. As this is using the parallel port, how do I access the
>status of the printer from the parallel port.
>
>Even using the driver and OPOS driver from Star is not giving me
>any status at all.
>
>Anyone in this area, please kindly advise me on this area.
>Thank in advance.

I'm not sure if this will help, but you may try going into your CMOS and try to change your printer port's mode. Some systems have a bi-directional option. I believe that this may allow the printer to send data back to the computer instead of being in receive-only mode.

HTH!
Larry Long