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Asking the printer’s status using your program
Below is sample code for your program to ask printer’s status.
Get Last Checked Printer Status
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
int main(void)
{
char
PrinterName[]="Mechatro Thermal Printer Series";
HANDLE hPrinter;
DWORD Type, Needed=0, ErrorCode;
DWORD IsChecked, LastCheckTime;
BYTE EpsonStatus[4];
if(!OpenPrinter(PrinterName, &hPrinter, NULL))
{
printf("[ERROR] fail to OpenPrinter.\n");
return -1;
}
if((ErrorCode
= GetPrinterData(hPrinter, "IsChecked", &Type, (LPBYTE)&IsChecked,
sizeof(IsChecked), &Needed)) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
printf("[ERROR] fail to GetPrinterData.\n");
return -1;
}
printf("IsChecked=%lu\n", IsChecked);
if((ErrorCode = GetPrinterData(hPrinter, "LastCheckTime", &Type, (LPBYTE)&LastCheckTime,
sizeof(LastCheckTime), &Needed)) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
printf("[ERROR] fail to GetPrinterData.\n");
return -1;
}
printf("LastCheckTime=%lu\n", LastCheckTime);
if((ErrorCode
= GetPrinterData(hPrinter, "EpsonStatus", &Type, EpsonStatus,
sizeof(EpsonStatus), &Needed)) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
printf("[ERROR] fail to GetPrinterData.\n");
return -1;
}
printf("EpsonStatus=%x %x %x %x\n",
EpsonStatus[0], EpsonStatus[1], EpsonStatus[2], EpsonStatus[3]);
ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
return
0;
}