Python Win32print Job Status

Question

I have been trying to get the status of a print job using win32print in Python.

The status codes provided by win32print don\'t seem to match the status code for the

Answer 1

You can start here:

This script allows you to see your printing job queue. You can customize it using the Get Job documentation if you want to see the information of a specific Job.

import time
import win32print

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def print_job_checker():
    """
    Prints out all jobs in the print queue every 5 seconds
    """
    jobs = [1]
    while jobs:
        jobs = []
        for p in win32print.EnumPrinters(win32print.PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL,
                                         None, 1):
            flags, desc, name, comment = p

            phandle = win32print.OpenPrinter(name)
            print_jobs = win32print.EnumJobs(phandle, 0, -1, 1)
            if print_jobs:
                jobs.extend(list(print_jobs))
            for job in print_jobs:
                print "printer name => " + name
                document = job["pDocument"]
                print "Document name => " + document
            win32print.ClosePrinter(phandle)

        time.sleep(5)
    print "No more jobs!"

#----------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    print_job_checker()

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Answer 2

The returned status is a bit mask, as described here , for example . Multiple values ​​can be OR'ed, so your value of 8208(hex 0x00002010) indicates that the printer has (all) status.

• hex 0x00002000 = PRINTER_STATUS_WAITING
• hex 0x00000010 = PRINTER_STATUS_PAPER_OUT