Xerox P12 manual The Status Monitor

6-1The Status Monitor

In many ways, the Status Monitor acts as a remote control panel for the printer. It provides many of the printer functions traditionally associated with the printer’s physical control panel. Below is a description of some of its functions.

•Gives the user real-time information on what the printer is doing.

•Provides printer control functions (e.g. Pause, Reset).

•Provides intelligent warning of conditions which would prevent the sent data from printing. You can control when and how the warnings are issued.

•Provides context-sensitive help for printer problems.

•Ability to quickly switch between multiple printers and monitor each of their status.

Different levels of status for Xerox DocuPrint P12 printer provided by the

Status Monitor.

•If the port is FILE, non-Novell NET port, COMx or UNKNOWN, Status Monitor provides the connection information only.

•If the port is a parallel port and bi-directional status is available, Status Monitor provides PJL-based rich status, using PJL state and job information.

•If the port is a parallel port and bi-directional status is not available, Status Monitor provides limited status based on parallel port state. (Ready, Off-line, Error, Paper Out or Busy)

•If the port is a NetWare network port, Status Monitor provides status based on SNMP and NetWare information.

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