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From: duvalj@bionette.cgrb.orst.edu (Joe Duval - Entomology)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Printer status from Turbo C
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Date: 7 Aug 90 16:11:18 GMT
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Reply-To: duvalj@bionette.cgrb.orst.edu (Joe Duval - Entomology)
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Hi, 
I need a function that will tell me whether or not a printer is online.
It should be able to handle any possible port.  Can I just call INT17 and
get the status from that?  Will it work for any port?  How do I specify the
port?

Thanks for your help
-Joe

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