How do I know whether printer is connected or not?

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Hello everyone,

In my project I am using CPrintinfo and it works fine.

But how do I know that printer is connected or not to my pc?

Is there any variable that contains information?

Thanks in advance.

Posted 17-Apr-11 20:00pm

shashankacharya

Updated 17-Apr-11 21:24pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 18-Apr-11 3:25am

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160129

Posted 18-Apr-11 19:19pm

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Tarun.K.S · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-17T21:00:00

But how do i know that printer is connected or not to my pc.

Well this article in CP should help you :

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/printing/printeroffline.aspx#xx3452398xx[^]

UPDATE :

Sorry I didn't see the C++ tag.

However I found some links :

- http://books.google.co.in/books?id=lt9660Apj8EC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=whether+printer+is+connected+in+C%2B%2B&source=bl&ots=F1Fu1FVqkt&sig=A8uQBCnlO14LsNBarQwLM8N8YkA&hl=en&ei=L-arTa7eI6230QG069z5CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q&f=false[^]

- http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-2739.html[^]

- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/176332/monitoring-a-printer[^]

- http://www.0x61.com/forum/microsoft-visual-c-f203/how-to-check-the-status-of-a-printer-t163518.html[^]