Printer Status when Printing

[jlrosssc]

Not sure if this is an issue or intended, but the previous versions showed a status of “Printing” when printing. This version shows “On” when printing. That’s a little ambiguous. Is “On” intended rather than “Printing” when actually printing?

Editing: There are also some serious delays/latency in the status changes. My printer is in a basement and I previously had an automation set up that let me know when the printer had started, finished and how many pages had printed. That kept me from walking all the way to the printer to find out that someone had left it jammed or out of paper and then walk back up to reprint. The status changed within 5-10 seconds of the start of print and then again when completed. This new version does not even change status before I get to the printer and back - literally minutes.

[danmed]

I am having the same problem with an HP Officejet 6950.. I have an automation set to send me a message when something prints but "printing" no longer appears to be a status.. and "on" appears to literally just reflect that the printer is awake.

It changed from idle to On when the printer woke up and to idle again when the printer went back to sleep..

I see no "printing" or "processing" as is mentioned here : #137