Standard Monitoring Information: “Status > Target Printer Info”

About the Page Counters

Job Boundary Page Counter shows the number of pages in the job. Total Page Counter shows the total number of pages printed by the printer provided that this information can be read. If not, the number of pages are those printed since the last time the print server was rebooted or powered On; this was always the case for releases older than level 1391.

About Network Target Printers

The information on status for a network printer / network desti- nation is only available and reliable if the printer at this network destination supports SNMP-based queries (see “Recom- mended Features for Network Target Printers” [page 144]).

The effect of Local Printer Negotiation Modes

In the example above, the local printer negotiates in ECP mode and PJL is enabled. Nibble plus PJL will give the same complete information.

Compatible Mode—with or without PJL—will give only limited information, such as the following:

Target Name: Local Target

Communication Protocol: Parallel Port (Compatible mode)

Printer Name: [Unavailable]

Bidirectional Support: No

Printer Status: READY

Display Message: [Unavailable]

Online Status: Online

Job Boundary Page Counter: 0

Total Page Counter: 0

Duplex Print: Not available

Job Queue: No Job in Queue

You can use “Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode”

[page 137]) to define how PE (Paper Empty or Paper Error con- ditions) and how general printer errors are to be reported.

Nibble mode without PJL and ECP mode without PJL will result in no useful status information being generated.

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