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From: valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Is my printer on-line?
Message-ID: <3099@public.BTR.COM>
Date: 18 Jun 91 04:18:13 GMT
References: <91168.000231MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
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In article <91168.000231MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (LORETI, Maurizio) writes:
>How can I check that a printer is connected, power-on and on line
>on th parallel/serial port? I know that this can be done, but my
>RKM's (1.1, ehm...) say nothing about how to do. Any help will be
>appreciated!

If the BUSY bit is off and the SEL bit is on, then the printer is connected,
on-line, and ready to accept data.

Valentin
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