How to get the status of Printer or result after printing?

[sharkdim]

Dear ,
when i printed, to avoid the printer's status is not open , i want to know get the status of printer before i print , how to get the status, and after print, i want to get the printer's status ,how to get the result after printing(Success or failed), the os is UNIX and WINNT.
thanks
Best Regards
Yours Shark Dim

 

[sismo]

Did you tried using

unix silent(some unix command here) inside a progress (.p) program?,

You could use lpstat or another command to check the status before and affter the printing.

hope that help u a little.