What is "printer state" exactly?

[Ozgur Gungor]

Thank you very much, now I understand how it is working.

> Ozgur Gungor wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > This question is related with my previous one. 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.
>  > ...
>
> The printer state reported on the web page is the scheduler's state
> of the queue.  Normally a queue will stay in the "processing" state
> until the printer has either been sent all data or (for some backends)
> the printer has signaled that it has completely printed a job.
>
> > The same thing happens for job status. Just after sending a job to
> > print it status becomes "completed" although it is not completed yet.
>  > ...
>
> Similarly, 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).
>
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