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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” [page144]
).
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.