Can you find out if a printer is offline/online - API maybe??

[Tarmac]

Does anyone know of an API call or whatever to find out if a printer is online or offline??

 

[Spaz]

There is an API Function called 'GetPrinter' which will return PRINTER_INFO_x (the x can be 1-5). Each PRINTER_INFO structure is designed to give various levels of information. I'm not sure which contains the 'status' of online/offline but I do know that it is in one of them. Do a search on both GetPrinter and PRINTER_INFO_ to find out exactly how to use them. The declaration for 'GetPrinter' in Visual Basic is:<br>
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Declare Function GetPrinter& Lib "spoolss.dll" Alias "GetPrinterA" (ByVal hPrinter As Long, ByVal Level As Long, pPrinter As Byte, ByVal cbBuf As Long, pcbNeeded As Long)<br>
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where<br>
hPrinter is a handle to an open printer<br>
Level is the 'x' for the PRINTER_INFO_x<br>
pPrinter is buffer to load with info<br>
cbBuf will be the size of the buffer<br>
pcbNeeded is how many bytes will be needed for the info.<br>
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HTH, Spaz

 

[databarn]

This should work.<br>
{newline}<br>
Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" Alias "OpenPrinterA" (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter As Long, pDefault As PRINTER_DEFAULTS) As Long.<br>
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{newline}<br>
Type PRINTER_DEFAULTS<br>
{newline}pDatatype As String<br>
{mewline}pDevMode As Long<br>
{newline}DesiredAccess As Long<br>
{newline}<br>
End Type<br>
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[Tarmac]

Thats brill folks - thanks a mill! :~)