On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Patrick Powell wrote:

PP> Well, it turns out that this is not true - if the previous job has been
PP> rasterized but pages are still moving through the paper path, you get
PP> an echo.  Oh yes,  and if you get a jam, all bets are off.

Then you will be tricked that he job is done, even though it will complete
after the jam has been fixed?

PP> The PJL USTATUS command is supposed to return 'Unsolicited Status'
PP> at a specified interval.  It may or may not.  If the printers is off line,
PP> it sends an 'offline' ONCE on some printers.  It may send an 'ONLINE'
PP> or 'PRINTING' message when put back online.

So basically you will then wait forever or timeout and when you check
again at start of next job, you will now really know if the printer is
still printing the old job?

PP> If you want to wait (i.e. - poll the printer periodically) you can get
PP> very accurate page counts.
PP>
PP> The  PJL mechanism and the SNMP OID's are either both functional
PP> or both broke.
PP>
PP> If you need to get 'offline status' then SNMP is your only hope.

So what you are saying is, that if the printer goes offline due to out of
paper or toner then there is no way to know this? Then you will in reality
be fooled to think the job is done/complete and you will get a false
impression count?

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