Status Messages for 5250 Printer Sessions
Printer messages that appear in the Status box are color-coded:
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Green indicates that the printer session is online.
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Yellow indicates that the printer session is offline.
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Red indicates an error condition.
The messages that can appear in the Status box (and their respective colors) are:
| Message | Meaning | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Bell | The Bell data stream control was received. | Green |
| Cancelled | The pending print job (if any) has been cancelled. | Yellow |
| Connected | Indicates the session is connected, but the host is not yet ready to send print data. | Yellow |
| Disconnected | No host connection. | Yellow |
| Error | An unknown error has occurred. | Red |
| Exception nn | A data stream formatting error has been encountered; nn is the exception code. | Red |
| Hold | The printer is offline. | Yellow |
| Host Link Down | The link between the gateway and the host has been lost. | Yellow |
| Printer Error | An error has occurred in writing to the printer. | Red |
| Printing | The printer is printing. | Green |
| Ready | The printer is ready to print. | Green |
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