Automatically detect a Printer plugged to a serial port?

Hello, is there a way for me to automatically detect with java if a printer is plugged in to a serial port (and if so, which one) on my computer.
I am using javax.comm, but there is no such feature in there.
Thanks in advance.

I am not very familiar with this area but I am 99% sure you wouldn't get a signal to tell you are printer had been plugged in to a serial port.
Your best bet is to spawn a new thread that polls the serial port looking for a new printer.
Not very pretty I admit but it shouldn't be to hard to do.

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If you tried to connect an adaptor to the serial port that had a USB connector on the end, it probably won't work since the serial port isn't currently working. You'd need a USB PCI card to connect to the USB.
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A

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Message Edited by VARocketry on 01-09-2009 11:54 AM

Hmmm ... this is interesting. In review:
You can print intermittently from your XP SP3 box to the OJP L7680.
Disabling the SW firewall (Norton/Symantec, Zonealarm, McAfee, etc) on the SP3 PC doesn't help.
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You are running a wired (Ethernet) network.
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What are the other types of computers on your network and what firewall do they run?
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