ppr-list-digest volume 3, number 9, message 3

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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@mail.trincoll.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:13:10 -0500
Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: PPR: ppr newbie

Alain.Lachapelle@Heimannsystems.Com wrote:

>> PPR supports  HP's PJL which does a good job of reporting printer status.
> 
> 
> I would like to know if PPR also supports PostScript printer error
> messages.  Like for instance with a printer that does not have any other
> means of communicating errors than by sending PostScript replies.

If you mean error messages such as:

%%[ PrinterError: Paper Jam ]%%

then yes, if your printer sends them unsolicited, then PPR will show 
them in "ppop status" output and can run arbitrary commands when they 
are received.