[cups.general] strange IPP report - Xerox WC4118p

[Michael R Sweet]

Alexander wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm using Debian 4.0 stable, CUPS 1.2.7 and Xerox WorkCenter 4118p MFP.
> MFP is installed with Xerox 4512 Gutenprint drivers, because there were no Linux drivers on original CD. Printer works well withoup any problems.
> Using http://localhost:631/ I see, that printer state is "Idle". Then I open toner door or taking out paper tray. On MFP's LCD I see different errors (like "Door open", "No paper"), but the state of the printer in http://localhost:631/ is still "Idle". Is in normal? Is there any way to monitor REAL printer state?
> A lot of thanks in advance.

It all depends on the vendor's implementation of IPP.  Unfortunately,
most vendors seem to go for the "do as little as possible" approach,
and some don't even conform to the minimum requirements of IPP/1.0!

That said, the current templates for the web interface don't show the
printer-state-reasons values - you can add "{printer_state_reasons}"
to the /usr/share/cups/templates/printers.tmpl file (it is HTML) to
see any state information being returned by the printer...

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer