* Peter Fitzsimmons got everyone's attention by mumbling this to Keith Bennett:

 KB> How can one detect (within a PM program) whether or 
 KB> not there is a printer connected and ready?  I guess

 PF> This is not (supposed to be) any concern of yours;  that's the
 PF> spoolers job. 

 PF> Once the print job is in the spooler,  there is an API to query what
 PF> is going on with it.  See the Spl....() functions. 

It's possible he wants to write his program in such a way that it'll prevent
users from printing until a printer is available, rather than simply dump
output to the spooler and let the operating system handle problems in its own
inelegant fashion.

 PF> If you think you need more direct control of the printer port than the
 PF> spooler offers,  perhaps you better tell us what you're up to. 

I know where you're coming from, but perhaps you could have worded this a
little better.  The way this sounds, you're making yourself look like a
member of the Programming Police, out to apprehend criminals who dare to do
things in any manner other than the Standard Way Things Should Be Done. :-)

                           -=[> Martin Pollard <]=-

... He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
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