Is "page has been printed" notification possible?

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I use a home network and my laptop is downstairs and my printer upstairs. It
is shared by my laptop and desktop. Sometimes when I tell something to print
from my laptop it does not. Unless I climb the stairs and go up to see I
cannot be assured my pages have been printed. 95% of the time they have
been, but that 5% is sometimes really frustrating. Sometimes it may also be
out of paper and I don't know it.

I have an HP 6L Laser printer and use XP.

There must be something I can do so I can see that it has been printed.

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

Thank you so much, I will try this.


"Jay" <lifestyles@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Use XP's Remote Desktop application and log on to your desktop from your
> laptop. You will see (on your laptop screen) the desktop screen from your
> upstairs machine and have full access to your upstairs computer as if you
> were sitting in front of it. You can then double click the printer to
> check
> if there is an output problem or if the queue is cleared.
>
> Short of that , put a webcam up that hovers over your printer and monitor
> it
> from your laptop with a webbrowser!
>
> "Autumn" <leaves_of_autumn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:qkCwd.83$%x6.25@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
>> I use a home network and my laptop is downstairs and my printer upstairs.
> It
>> is shared by my laptop and desktop. Sometimes when I tell something to
> print
>> from my laptop it does not. Unless I climb the stairs and go up to see I
>> cannot be assured my pages have been printed. 95% of the time they have
>> been, but that 5% is sometimes really frustrating. Sometimes it may also
> be
>> out of paper and I don't know it.
>>
>> I have an HP 6L Laser printer and use XP.
>>
>> There must be something I can do so I can see that it has been printed.
>>
>>
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