Determine parallel port printer status?

How can I determine the status of a printer connected to a parallel port (typically LPT1 or LPT2) as to if the printer is actually there, is turned on, is on line, and has paper in it?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Magaero

How can I determine the status of a printer connected to a parallel port (typically LPT1 or LPT2) as to if the printer is actually there, is turned on, is on line, and has paper in it?

Thanks!

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EDIT: Since I posted this, Hack has answered a similar post with the included link. Take a look...
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...nter+status%22

I don't have any LPT ports on this PC so I can't test this code to see if it returns any printers. It does return No Printers for me, but I would expect that. Please let me know if it returns your printers collection.

vbnet Code:

'Port Property Example
'This example examines each Printer object in the Printers collection to find one
'connected to a specific port and makes it the default printer.
'Note: Taken from the VB hlp files. This code is modified to return found printers.
'This code is untested by me due to the absence of LPT ports.
 
Option Explicit
 
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
   Show
   Dim P As Object
   Dim i%
   Dim pPort$
 
   For i = 1 To 5
      For Each P In Printers
          pPort$ = "LPT" & i
    If P.Port = pPort$ Or P.DeviceName Like "*LaserJet*" Then
'Set Printer = P       ' We don't want to set the printer, just find it.
      'Print P & "Found on " & pPort$
      MsgBox P & "Found on " & pPort$
      Else
      Print "No printer found on " & pPort$
      'MsgBox "No printer found on " & pPort$
      Exit For
    End If
      Next P
   Next i
End Sub