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How are you printing the report?<br />
Are you using the Printer object?<br />

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How are you printing the report?
Are you using the Printer object?


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if you are using the Print object in VB then there ISN'T a method you can use which allows you check for printer online/offline status. It will just take send print commands to the default printer on that machine.<br />
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All you have to do to accommodate this is to use proper error handling...<br />
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Private Sub Command1_Click()<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler &nbsp; ' Set up error handler.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;Printer.Print &quot;Testing printer connectivity&quot; &nbsp; ' Send Print command.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;Printer.EndDoc<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;Exit Sub<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
ErrorHandler:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;MsgBox &quot;There was a problem printing to your printer.&quot; &amp;&nbsp;vbCrLf &amp;&nbsp;_<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;Please check your your printer connectivity.&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;Exit Sub<br />
End Sub
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if you are using the Print object in VB then there ISN'T a method you can use which allows you check for printer online/offline status. It will just take send print commands to the default printer on that machine.

All you have to do to accommodate this is to use proper error handling...

Private Sub Command1_Click()
   
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler   ' Set up error handler.
   
   Printer.Print "Testing printer connectivity"   ' Send Print command.
   Printer.EndDoc
   
   Exit Sub
   
ErrorHandler:
   MsgBox "There was a problem printing to your printer." & vbCrLf & _
            "Please check your your printer connectivity."
   Exit Sub
End Sub

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Through my VB application I wants to test that printer is online/offline<br />
before printing the report. <br />
Could anyone please let me know how to test it?<br />
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Through my VB application I wants to test that printer is online/offline
before printing the report. 
Could anyone please let me know how to test it?




Printer Online/Offline

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.