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From: Alain.Lachapelle@Heimannsystems.Com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:47:04 +0100
Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: PPR: ppr newbie
Hi!
>> Alain.Lachapelle@Heimannsystems.Com wrote:
>> 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.
On the subject of printer errors I have tried today with a paper jam. The
paper jam situation was there with the A4 paper size. I then polled the
status of the printer with:
§ ppop -M status hp5simx
hp5simx idle
It showed the printer as idle. I also tried with "ppop alerts" but there were no alerts. So I thought that perhaps it
needed a print job to report status, so I sent one like this:
$ ppr -d hp5simx -F 'PageSize=A4' -m none -B false pi1.ps
WARNING: Procset "a2ps-a2ps-hdr" has no version and revision numbers
WARNING: Procset "a2ps-black+white-Prolog" has no version and revision numbers
WARNING: Resource "procset a2ps-a2ps-hdr 0 0" declared Supplied but isn't included
WARNING: Resource "procset a2ps-black+white-Prolog 0 0" declared Supplied but isn't included
§ ppop -M status hp5simx
hp5simx printing hp5simx-53 0 operation: Connecting...
After several "Connecting..." messages the status reported a retry pause:
§ ppop -M status hp5simx
hp5simx engaged 1 50
$ ppop list all
hp5simx-53 lachap 01:15PM 001 waiting for printer
And then "npadmin --display 10.180.30.100" (a SNMP MIB utility) reported what was on the printer's display, that is, an error message about the paper
jam.
The printer is a HP LJ5 SiMX and here is its' PPR configuration:
$ ppad show hp5simx
Printer name: hp5simx
Comment: Entwicklung druecker
Interface: tcpip
Address: "10.180.30.100:9100"
Options:
JobBreak: pjl (by default)
Feedback: yes
Codes: TBCP (by default)
Alert frequency: 5 (send alert every 5 errors)
Alert method: mail
Alert address: alain.lachapelle@heimannsystems.com
Flags: no no (banners discouraged, trailers discouraged)
Charge: none
PPDFile: HP LaserJet 5Si
Bins:
OutputOrder: PPD
Default Filter Options: level=2 colour=False resolution=600 freevm=1515136
mfmode=ljfive
Switchset:
Do you know what is going on? Is there something missing in PPR's config? In this case is a software timeout after several minutes of getting the
tries the only alternative?
Regards,
Alain