SEH PS Series - How to Get Additional Printer Information

Printer Status and Printer Messages
Print Server User Manual Windows 80
View the Printer Status via the InterCon-NetTool
Requirements
 The InterCon-NetTool is installed on the client, see: 15.
The printer status can be viewed in the 'Port Status' column of the
device list. Follow these steps in order to get additional information
about the printer status:
Proceed as follows:
1. Start the InterCon-NetTool.
2. Double-click the print server in the device list.
The Properties dialog appears.
3. Select Status – Printer Port from the navigation bar.
 The printer status will appear on the screen.
View printer Status via FTP
The printer status is stored in the 'printerport' file of the print server.
You can view the contents of the file on the screen via FTP.
Proceed as follows:
1. Open an FTP connection to the print server:
Syntax: ftp <IP address>
Example: ftp 192.168.0.123
2. Enter either the print server password or press the enter key if
no password has been assigned.
3. Get the printer status from the print server:
get printerport
4. Close the FTP connection:
quit
9.2 How to Get Additional Printer Information
With PJL (Print Job Language) commands you can get additional
printer information via the print server, such as detailed status
information, printer panel readings or printed pages statistics. To use
PJL, see: 44.