Intermate 100 Special PJL Settings for ECP and Nibble, PJL Printer Status Feedback Frequency

[Local Printer Parallel Port]: Special PJL Settings for ECP and Nibble

18.6. Special PJL Settings for ECP and Nibble

These two settings are relevant to the bidirectional modes, that is ECP and Nibble, provided that the printer supports PJL and PJL is enabled (“PJL Support” [page 139]).

18.6.1. PJL Printer Status Feedback Frequency

This parameter was introduced to the status data base starting with release level 1143. It sets the number of seconds between PJL “USTATUS” reports from the printer. It ensures that the printer will report “ready” x seconds after a status change, first and foremost when a job is finished. Reporting is done to mon- itoring tools, such as the print server’s target printer informa- tion, SNMP, e-mail notification, or error reporting media to an IBM host (which may only handle the report while the job is printing).

Value for x in seconds	Comments
0*	Feedback on PJL printer status will be given immediately
	after a status change.
[5..300]	Choose a value from the drop-down list. This will set the
	number of seconds between status sent at regular intervals
	from the printer.

18.6.2.Check for Pending Printer Data When Idle For / Reverse Data

This option was introduced with release level 1391. It controls the number of seconds (x) before reverse data. In other words, after x seconds in Idle mode, the printer is asked if it has any data.

Value for x	Comments
0*	Option is disabled. This is the default value because many
	printers will handle this situation correctly in the hardware,
	indicating that there is data without having to be queried.
[5..300] seconds	Choose a value from the drop-down list.

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