Hello, on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list there is a user who asked about the following issue: ---------------------------------------------------------------- I am using HP laserJet 4050 and hp4050_6.ppd driver. ... printer is connected as socket://"ip number here":9100. ... I would like to know the exact meaning of printer state shown in http://localhost:631/printers. Is it the real status of printer or is it the status of cups scheduler. ----------------------------------------------------------------
He reported that http://localhost:631/printers already shows the state IDLE when the printer is still printing some sheets of the last print job. Michael Sweet answered that ---------------------------------------------------------------- ... jobs are not completed until the backend exits, which can either mean all data has been sent (most local connections) or the printer has indicated the job has been completely printed (most network connections). ... it is possible that the printer has recieved all data and the JetDirect card has been told that all pages have been processed by the printer (but might not yet be totally printed...) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Now my question is whether the hp backend would show the really correct state of the actual printer? For example the hp backend might know (and report) the exact current state of the actual printer via SNMP queries. Could you explain the difference regarding printer state when the generic CUPS socket or lpd backend is used in contrast to when the HPLIP hp backend is used? Many Thanks and Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 90409 Nuernberg, Germany WWW: http://www.suse.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
