11.1 Index card “Info“

Left column – printer state and ink levels

If printer status messages are available, the printer status is shown by an animated printer symbol. The symbol can show different states:

• printer not connected / switched off

• idle

• printing

• paper out

• low ink warning

• ink out

• CD needed (when printing on printable CDs/DVDs)

• printer fault

• printer hardware error

Detailed printer status messages are shown in the printer status box (see above).

Below the printer symbol several bars are shown that indicate the remaining ink/consumable levels of the printer. When moving the mouse pointer over one of these bars a tool-tip window shows the ink name and the percentage of remaining ink.

Note:

• ink level reporting is not supported for all printers

• ink levels are only shown for printers connected via USB interface

• some printers report ink levels only qualitatively with levels like "ok", "low" and "empty". This can result in reported ink levels falling suddenly from 100% to 25%.

Middle column – current print job

Detailed information on the current print job is shown here:

State (e.g. "Processing job")

Document title (if set by the application)

Spooler messages – these are messages from the CUPS printing system, the printer driver or the interface driver ("backend") which transfers the printer data via network or a local interface to the printer.

Settings – print settings of the current job, e.g. page size, media type, print quality, etc.

Right column – current page

A small image with the page currently being printed is shown. Also listed is the current page number and a counter of the current page's printing progress (percentage).

Note: Print settings and page image are only shown if you are the owner (sender) of the current print job. Detailed information on print jobs of other users is not available (e.g. If the print job was initiated by a different user via the network).

You can cancel the print job with the “Cancel Job” button.

Note: Cancelling print jobs is often not sufficient if the printer is stuck in an error condition like “no paper” or “paper jam”. The printer might still have some unprinted data in its buffer which is not cleared by cancelling the print job. A following print job might not be printed correctly then. We suggest to additionally reset the printer by switching it off and on again or by pressing the “Reset” or “Cancel” button on the printer (if existing).