How to get really printer status

[Michael Sweet]

JM Marino wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I want to know the really printer status (not CUPS printer status).
> When the user shutdown the printer, my application needs to know that.
> 
> I try to use CUPS to know that but only I can do it's to get CUPS status not really printer status ...

You need to query the printer directly to get the printer's status.
CUPS only provides a snapshot from the last print job.

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