The quick status function uses the Quick Status icon to display a simple go or no-go status for four active printers.
When the Quick Status function is selected from the PTR Control menu, the Quick Status icon replaces the PTR icon. The icon disappears when you clear the option on the control menu.
Up to four printers are listed on the icon. If less than four printers have been designated as active, only the active printers show on the icon. The space for the other printers is left blank. For example, if only two printers are active, then only the numbers 1 and 2 for those printers appear on the icon.
The printer number corresponds to the order in which the active printers are defined in the PTR Configuration dialog box. For example, if the first active printer in the Printer Names list box is PTR_PRINTER4, then the number "1" on the icon represents the status for that printer.
The following table lists the statuses and their meanings as displayed on a color and on a black-and-white monitor.
|
This item |
Indicates |
Color monitor display |
Monochrome monitor display |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1-4 |
The number of active printers as defined in the PTR Configuration dialog box. If only two printers are active, only "1" and "2" appear on the icon. |
Black |
Black |
|
Check mark |
At least one of the communication paths is working (the host path and/or the printer path). |
Green if both the host path and the printer path are working. Gray if only one of the paths is working. |
Thick if both the host path and the printer path are working.Thin if only one of the two paths is working. |
|
X |
The communications paths aren't working, or an error has occurred. |
Red if the paths were previously working but aren't now or if an error has occurred.Gray if the paths were never opened successfully during the present invocation of Print and Transaction Router. |
Black if the paths were previously working but aren't now. Gray if the paths were never opened successfully during the present invocation of Print and Transaction Router. |
|
Right Arrow |
Data is being transmitted from the host to the printer. |
Black |
Black |
|
Left arrow |
Data is being transmitted from the printer to PTR. |
Black |
Black |
|
No arrow |
Data is not being transmitted. |
Black |
Black |
To enable quick status
With PTR running, click the PTR icon to display the Control menu.
Click Quick Status.
A check mark appears beside Quick Status, and the Quick Status icon replaces the PTR icon.
Turn off the function by clicking Quick Status again on the menu.
The check mark disappears, and the PTR icon replaces the Quick Status icon.
NOTE:The setting of the Quick Status item is saved and is in effect each time the program is executed.