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Status Messages for 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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