Monitoring print job

[Thomas Kamern]

Hello.

Monitoring a print job with all information Windows printer queue
serves is no issue. But If I print a page the page is sent from te
spooler to the printer. As soon as the spooler has no more data, it
reports "print ok" although the printer has a paper jam for example.
Does anyone know a generic interface how to control the status of
printers (not manufacturer specific)?
The programming language does not matter - I am very flexible at this
point.

Thanks for answers.
Tomka.

[Sten Westerback (MVP SDK 2005-6 :)]

Post by Thomas Kamern
Hello.
Monitoring a print job with all information Windows printer queue
serves is no issue. But If I print a page the page is sent from te
spooler to the printer. As soon as the spooler has no more data, it
reports "print ok" although the printer has a paper jam for example.
Does anyone know a generic interface how to control the status of
printers (not manufacturer specific)?
The programming language does not matter - I am very flexible at this
point.

At least i have never heard of such an API. If you really need that detail
level you need to use printer specific interfaces (many modern ones display
their status on printer specific web page so you could parse the html).

- Sten