Printer status from Turbo C

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From: Joe Duval - Entomology
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 1990 16:11

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Hi, 
I need a function that will tell me whether or not a printer is online.
It should be able to handle any possible port.  Can I just call INT17 and
get the status from that?  Will it work for any port?  How do I specify the
port?

Thanks for your help
-Joe

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Joe Duval		duvalj@bionette.cgrb.orst.edu
Looking for 62-64 Chevy Nova body parts.  I've got a 63 Nova SS forsale.

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