On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Jim Trocki wrote:

JT> the code is in ifhp's ifhp.conf file, and you can enable using postscript
JT> sync + status + pagecounting by specifying "sync=ps" and "pagecount=ps"
JT> in your config. here's what it looks like:
JT>
JT>     ps_status_code=
JT>     %!PS-Adobe-2.0
JT>     ## for PS Level 3 add:
JT>     #   false 0 startjob pop
JT>     ( %%[ echo: NAME ]%% ) print () = flush

Exactly what does code do? How does it actually reflect the printer
status?

startjob is according to the reference manual a level 2 command.

JT>     ps_pagecount_code=
JT>     %!PS-Adobe-2.0
JT>     ## for PS Level 3 add:
JT>     #   false 0 startjob pop
JT>     /p{print}t, or any other reasonare included in the ( %%[ pagecount: ) p
JT>     statusdict begin pagecount end 20 string cvs p
JT>     ( ]%% ) p () = flush

This works, but it is still another counter value than the one I get over
SNMP.

Maybe because of this:

> Even pages not physically printed --- because of manual feed timeout,
> job abort, or any other reason -- are included in the count. The count
> will be accurate at the end of each job, but not necessarily after each
> showpage.

The question is how to interprete that sentence. Will it actually
recalculate when the job is done to get correct? Any clues?

JT> i'm using this on a savin 2055DP, 9955DP, and 9965DP because their pjl
JT> is broken. it works well. it would work even better if the printer
JT> didn't completely stop responding when it ran out of paper :)

Do the printer does no longer parse any PS when it is in down mode?

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