Displaying printer status when using a print server

Last Updated : 17-May-2012
Issue Number : 8201551700

The status of a network printer can be displayed on the client's Printer Status Window as well as on the print server's.

If the print server has not been started up, the Printer Status Window is not displayed in the client computers.

Printer Status of the Print Server :

- Displaying the Printer Status Window and Job Operation

[Current Print Job] Tab		[My Job Operation] Tab		Job Operation
[Job Information Area]	[Pause Job] Button	[Job Information Area]	[Job Operation] Buttons
Displays the first job	Enabled*1	Displays the first job*2	Enabled	[Pause Job] : Pauses all the jobs [Resume Job] : Resumes all the jobs [Delete Job] : Deletes the first job

*1 The [My Job Operation] tab is displayed by clicking the [Pause Job] button.

*2 If any job is printed by the computer as the print server, the job is displayed.

- Plays a sound.

- If the print server is running Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, the status is not displayed when no one is logged on. (Printing is possible.)

Printer Status at the Clients :

- Displaying the Printer Status Window and Job Operation

[Current Print Job] Tab		[My Job Operation] Tab		Job Operation
[Job Information Area]	[Pause Job] Button	[Job Information Area]	[Job Operation] Buttons
Displays the first job on the print server	When your job is displayed in [Job Information Area]: Enabled* When another user's job is displayed in [Job Information Area]: Disabled	Displays your first job	Enabled	[Pause Job] : Pauses all your jobs [Resume Job] : Resumes all your jobs [Delete Job] : Deletes your first job

* The [My Job Operation] tab is displayed by clicking the [Pause Job] button.

- You cannot use the [Resolve Error] button when another user's job is paused.

- While another user's job is being printed, [Progress Bar] is displayed in gray.

- Sounds are played only from the clients whose user name is verified by the print server.

NOTE

To display the printer status when printing a job over the network, a network environment that uses one of the following protocols is required.

- TCP/IP

- NetBEUI