HP PCL/PJL reference - Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual

11-14 Programming Tips for Using PJL EN

Jobs That Monitor Job Progress and Confirm Job

Completion

This example enables the spooler to receive notification as each page

is finished printing, and when the entire job has finished. The

USTATUS JOB = ON command enables unsolicited job status and the

USTATUS PAGE = ON command enables page status.

@PJL COMMENT Monitoring Job Progress <CR><LF>

@PJL COMMENT and Completion <CR><LF>

@PJL ECHO 12:07:54.5 07-26-92 <CR><LF>

[. application discards printer status readback data

received before ECHO response .]

@PJL USTATUS JOB = ON <CR><LF>

@PJL USTATUS PAGE = ON <CR><LF>

@PJL JOB NAME = "Monitoring Job" <CR><LF>

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL <CR><LF>

<ESC>E... PCL print data ...<ESC>E

~<ESC>%-12345X

~<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>

@PJL EOJ NAME = "End of Monitor Job" <CR><LF>

@PJL USTATUS JOB = OFF <CR><LF>

@PJL USTATUS PAGE = OFF <CR><LF>

<ESC>%-12345X

When the printer processes the JOB command, the following

unsolicited job status message is sent:

@PJL USTATUS JOB

START

NAME="Monitoring Job"

<FF>