PrinterInformation.IsLocalPrinter Property

Returns true if this printer is a local printer

[Visual Basic]
Public ReadOnly Property IsLocalPrinter As Boolean
[C#]
public bool IsLocalPrinter {get;}
[C++]
public: __property bool get_IsLocalPrinter();
[JScript]
public function get IsLocalPrinter() : boolean;

Property Value

Returns true if this printer is a local printer, false otherwise

Remarks

The status is not always reliable if there are no jobs queued on the printer

Example

[Visual Basic] The following example prints the status of a job to a trace

[Visual Basic] 
Public Sub TraceStatus(ByVal piIn As PrinterInformation)

        With piIn
            Trace.WriteLine("** Ready? " & .IsReady.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Manual Feed Required? " & .IsAwaitingManualFeed.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Default Printer? " & .IsDefault.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Deleting a job? " & .IsDeletingJob.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Door open? " & .IsDoorOpen.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Error? " & .IsInError.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Initialising? " & .IsInitialising.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Power save on? " & .IsInPowerSave.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Local printer? " & .IsLocalPrinter.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Network printer? " & .IsNetworkPrinter.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Off line? " & .IsOffline.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Out of memory? " & .IsOutOfmemory.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Is out of paper? " & .IsOutOfPaper.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Toner out? " & .IsOutOfToner.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Output bin full? " & .IsOutputBinFull.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Paper Jammed? " & .IsPaperJammed.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Printing? " & .IsPrinting.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Shared? " & .IsShared.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Not available? " & .IsUnavailable.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Waiting on user? " & .IsWaitingOnUserIntervention.ToString)
            Trace.WriteLine("** Warming up? " & .IsWarmingUp.ToString)
        End With

End Sub

Requirements

Namespace: PrinterQueueWatch

Platforms:  Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows .NET Server family

See Also

PrinterInformation overview , All PrinterInformation members

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