how to get printerstatus ?

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Geir Sanne - 31 Jan 2006 10:09 GMT

hi!!!

ive tried to use WMI to get printerstatus, but it always report status "Idle".

is it a way to get the status of a printer ?

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Milosz Skalecki - 31 Jan 2006 13:29 GMT

Hi Geir,

Use WINAPI, there is a nice example http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_821769.aspx.
It may provide you the same result as you're having now but it's still worth
of trying.

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> hi!!!
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> ive tried to use WMI to get printerstatus, but it always report status "Idle".
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> is it a way to get the status of a printer ?

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