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- {
- >> I'm using TP6 and plan to use to the PRINTER.TPU unit the
- >> write to the printer. How do you detect whether the printer
- >> is on or not without ending up a dos error and the program
- >> halting.
-
- You need to check the status of the printer port. Something like
- this:
- }
-
- function TESTONLINE : Byte; { Tests for Printer On Line }
- var REGS : Registers;
- begin
- with REGS do
- begin
- AH := 2; DX := 0;
- Intr($17, Dos.Registers(REGS));
- TESTONLINE := AH
- end
- end; { TESTONLINE }
-
- if TESTONLINE = 144 then okay_to_print
- else printer_not_ready
-