INT 17 - Printer BIOS Services
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INT 17,0 Print character
INT 17,1 Initialize printer port
INT 17,2 Read printer port status
Status flags returned in register AH
|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|0| AH (status)
| | | | | | | `---- time-out
| | | | | `------- unused
| | | | `-------- 1 = I/O error (parallel pin 15)
| | | `--------- 1 = printer selected/on-line (parallel pin 13)
| | `---------- 1 = out of paper (parallel pin 12)
| `----------- 1 = printer acknowledgment (parallel pin 10)
`------------ 1 = printer not busy (parallel pin 11)
- on the AT, XT 286, and PS/2 when the BIOS determines the printer
is busy, INT 15,90 is executed
- all printers do not return reliable status information; bit 3 and
bit 7 are usually reliable.
- all registers are preserved except AH