PWG Mail Archive: Re: Was the PWG Bake-Off a Success or Failure?

Re: Was the PWG Bake-Off a Success or Failure?

Gail Songer (Gail.Songer@eng.efi.com)
Mon, 5 Aug 1996 13:20:11 -0700

Jay

> - Lexmark came closest to portraying the proper results; their
> value for the hrPrinterDetectedErrorState clearly indicates
> "doorOpen", but for some reason the printer also declared
> itself as being "offline" at the same time (was this a fluke,
> or does the printer always go "offline" in this scenario?).

Whenever a Lexmark printer can not print for some reason, it is considered
"offline". The parallel and serial ports(assuming NPAP is not being used) will
not accept data, and I believe that the network cards do not accept data.

Is there a definition of "offline" in the mib?

Gail