>Check out http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?group=57&=0 plus also look into PRINTSTATUS( ) and APRINTERS()
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>HTH
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>>how can get the printerstatus on vfp7? any api?

PRINTSTATUS() always returns .T. in VFP, regardless of the actual printer status. APRINTERS returns an array of printers that have been installed at some point, but doesn't tell you anything about their status.