Hi Jim, You can probably use USR PRVALIDATE and then USR PRERROR (page 324 of FBII Reference Manual) to see if everything is OK to continue before printing. Haven't used them myself, but seems to check the right stuff. Joe Wilkins I wrote: <snip> > Reference Manual. I don't know how to check whether a printer is "ready". That > would, indeed, be a nice thing to know. ANYONE? <snip>