Return control after a printer starts

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Rick Allison

I have created a form where the user clicks a button to print a report.
After the report is sent to the printer a msgbox is displays that says do
you want to print something else. If the user selects yes they can select
the print button again.

The issue is that the printer has a sleep mode and when it goes to sleep the
user becomes impatient and presses the print button a lot. This backs up
the queue and at times causes the printer to stop completely.

I'd like to know if I can sense that the printer has not started printing
and delay the msgbox that asks if the users wants to print something else.
Is that possible?

This might be the wrong group but since it's a form that's presenting the
msgbox I thought I would start here.

Thanks,

Rick
 
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