[Rxtx] [PARALLELPORT] read parallel port status

[Trent Jarvi]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, yves pielusenet wrote:

>
> Hello,
> I was using the Parport library to read parallel port status.
> http://www.geocities.com/Juanga69/parport/
> I did something like parport.read() which gives me a byte.
> I use this to get a printer status.
> I don't want to use parport anymore since it doesn't work with XP
> without the Userport programme.
>
> How can I do this with rxtx ? I want to read all parallel status pin
> from my programme.
>
> I'm searching but I can't find any exemple :(
>
> thanks in advance :)
>
>

Which version of rxtx are you trying?  There appears to e support for the 
things you want.  The parallel support is much less mature than the serial 
support but has worked for people.

         public abstract boolean isPaperOut();
         public abstract boolean isPrinterBusy();
         public abstract boolean isPrinterError();
         public abstract boolean isPrinterSelected();
         public abstract boolean isPrinterTimedOut();

These are what you are after, right?

The read error looks like maybe a bad native lib?  We do very little 
testing on those.  If it is current rxtx, we can take a look.

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Trent Jarvi
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