You should do some error checking.
Use these steps:
1. Find the state of printer just before printing.
Qt Code: 
  1. QPrinter::printerState()
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2. Check for general connectivity of printer with your machine. Try to print a test page from your machine.
3. Use:
Qt Code: 
  1. QPrinter::isValid ()
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