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From: F0O@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Reading the printer status
Message-ID: <90309.090232F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 5 Nov 90 14:02:32 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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    I work at a lab where I write data collection programs for students.  I
don't know how many times I've had a student come to me and say 'Tim, your
program isn't working', only to find that the problem is a device timeout
error.  The student(or faculty) forgot to put the printer online.
    Is there any way of checking to see if the printer is online, and if
it's not, put it online by software control?

                                                        [Tim]