Lexmark C760 4-93, Status Messages, PostScript, 12 Status Message Keys and Value Descriptions

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4-93 Status Messages

PostScript

Status Messages

Your printer responds to a Ctrl-T (x'14') status query on an interface by sending a one-line status message back to the host computer over the same interface. If the status query is received between print jobs and the printer is idle with no error conditions, an idle response is returned to the host computer.

Status messages are bracketed by the characters %%[ and ]%%, so the computer software can extract them from other data generated by the current print job. They follow a standard syntax, consisting of one or more key-value pairs, separated by semicolons. For example:

%%[ job: Project Report; status: busy; source: Parallel ]%%

The following table lists the possible keys and value descriptions.

To determine which status message keys your printer supports, see Table C-7 on page C-23.

Table 4-12: Status Message Keys and Value Descriptions

Key

Value Description

job

The name of the print job, as stored in the JobName entry in statusdict. This

 

field is omitted if the current print job has no defined JobName.

 

 

status

Printer activity at the time the message is sent:

 

Idle

No job in progress

 

Busy

Executing a PostScript emulation program and/or printing

 

 

pages

 

Waiting

I/O wait in mid-job

 

Initializing

During startup

 

Not ready

Printer menus display or Not Ready displays.

 

 

source

Source of the job the server is executing:

 

Serial

 

 

Parallel

 

 

Network

 

 

USB

 

 

LocalTalk

 

 

Infrared

 

 

Internal

 

 

This field is omitted if the server is idle.

 

 

 

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