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Puru Bish wrote:
>
> I was looking into the different printer states defined in Model
> document (page: 99 - 100). The document says
>
> "The following standard values are defined
> '3' 'idle'
> '4' 'processing'
> '5' 'stopped' .. "
>
> I looked at the definition of 'stopped' state, and it says,
> "If a Printer receives a job (whose required
> resources are ready) while in this state, such a job
> SHALL transit into the pending state immediately...."
> There may be a situation when the actual output device is
> powered off. In that case, should IPP server respond with
> a state 'stopped'? If so, does that mean that IPP server
> still accepts print-job request instead of sending an error like
> "server-error-internal-error"?
>
> IMHO, if an output device is powered off, all IPP print job requests
> should fail with the above-mentioned server error. Also,
> the printer should have another state
> '6' 'no-device'
> to represent this condition.
>
> Any comments/suggestions?
> PB
>
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