How to get Printer Status in VB?

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How to get Printer Status in VB?

Hi,

I just type coding for retrieve printer status whether it’s out of paper, jammed, busy etc. But it cannot run properly.

Anyone who has idea on how to retrieve status of network printer hopefully can help me find the solution. Thnx

Thnx in advance.


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How to get Printer Status in VB?

  • Alexandr1306

    If you use Visual Basic the solution is the Api calls, a good explanation is in http://www.merrioncomputing.com/Programming/WatchPrinter.htm

    I need to make the code to work but I'm having problems with it, can someone please explain how to use the code of the link above I have Visual Basic 6.0 installed but when I paste the code and try to compile I get errors.

  • James Marshall

    Namespace System.Drawing.Printing

    Member of: System.Drawing

    Summary:

    The System.Drawing.Printing namespace provides print-related services.

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