How to get really printer status

[JM Marino]

> 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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> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
> Internet Printing and Document Software          http://www.easysw.com

Ok, and what library can I use to do this ?