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Status Messages (3270 Printer Sessions)

Printer messages that appear in the Status box are color-coded:

  • Green indicates that the printer session is online.
  • Yellow indicates that the printer session is offline.
  • Red indicates an error condition.

The messages that can appear in the Status box (and their respective colors) are:

Message

Meaning

Color

Bell

The Bell data stream control was received.

Green

Cancelled

The pending print job (if any) has been cancelled.

Yellow

Command Rejected

An invalid or unsupported data stream control was encountered.

Red

Data Check

Invalid print data was received.

Red

Disconnected

No host connection.

Yellow

Error

An unknown error has occurred.

Red

Hold

The printer is offline.

Yellow

Host Link Down

The link between the gateway and the host has been lost.

Yellow

Operation Check

An illegal buffer address or incomplete data stream control was received.

Red

Printer Error

An error has occurred in writing to the printer.

Red

Printing

The printer is printing.

Green

Ready

The printer is ready to print.

Green

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IBM 3270 Printer Panel

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