Tektronix Phasershare Printer manual Receiving printer status, Syslog Unix systems only

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Receiving printer status

Email notification through PhaserLink Printer Management Software

PhaserLink Printer Management Software provides email notification, allowing the printer to automatically send email to the system administrator and others when the printer needs attention (for example, paper jams or out of ink). This email notification capability is supplied by an SMTP client embedded in the printer’s firmware. For more information, see “PhaserLink Status Notification (Email Notification)” on page 130.

Syslog (UNIX systems only)

The Syslog facility provides a dynamic path for printer status information that allows administrators to collect information from the printer. You can set a priority threshold indicating which messages from the printer will be sent to the listed log host.

The threshold is a number listed in the following table. The priorities listed in the table conform to BSD and SunOS conventions.

Priority	Number	Description
Emergency	0	Printer is no longer available
Alert	1	Printer needs immediate attention
Critical	2	Critical error message
Error	3	Error message
Warning	4	Warning message
Notice (printer’s default)	5	Normal but significant message
Information	6	Informational message
Debugging	7	Debugging message

N O T E

If you are using BOOTP to set the printer’s network address, the printer sends syslog messages to the hosts listed in the BOOTP log hosts field. If you are not using BOOTP or have not specified a log host in the BOOTP configuration, you must set the syslog host address as described in the next two topics.

There are two ways to set Syslog priorities:

■With a TCP/IP connection and a World Wide Web browser, you can use PhaserLink Printer Management Software. See the next topic, “Setting Syslog priorities using PhaserLink Printer Management Software” for more information.

■Send the appropriate PostScript file to the printer. See “Setting Syslog priorities using a PostScript utility file” on page 80.

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