Tektronix Phasershare Printer manual Printer status display, Printer status icons, IconDescription

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Printer status display

To display the printer’s live status, click the link Start Status Update on the printer’s Current Status Page; the Live Status page is displayed.

The page has two parts:

■The status summary reports information about the printer’s status and configuration.

■The status icon graphically indicates the printer’s status. The following table summarizes all of the status icons.

Printer status icons

IconDescription

Ready/Standby The printer is ready to accept data.

Busy	If the light in the lower-right corner of the icon is yellow, the printer
	is printing or processing data.
Jam	Paper is jammed in the printer. Check the printer to resolve the
	problem.
Error	The triangle in the lower-right of the icon is red, indicating that there
	is an error at the printer, such as ink or toner empty. Check the
	printer and try to resolve the problem.
Warning	The triangle in the lower-right of the icon is yellow, indicating that
	there is a non-critical problem at the printer, such as a paper-low or
	ink-low condition.
Paper	This could be caused by any of three conditions:
	■ The printer is out of paper.
	■ The printing application has requested a paper size not currently
	loaded in the printer.
	■ The printing application has requested that paper be fed
	manually.

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