Mandy wrote:
Is there some printer ping or other test.

I believe that if a printer (presumably any network printer) is 'on',
that it will echo a ping to its IP. But, a printer could be 'on' -
powered up and network connected - but still not be 'ready' to accept a
print job.

So, the ping echo would 'simply' represent 'network aware' status.

Specific printer utilities could give more info.

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Mike Easter