Managing Xi-Text Printer States and Operations
The eight states a printer can be in, what moves it between them, and the commands and spq keys that drive it
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Configuring Xi-Text Form Types, Paper Types and Suffixes
What a form type is, the exact rule matching a job to a printer, and how a suffix changes without stopping the printer
Diagnosing and Clearing the Xi-Text Printer error State
What puts a printer into error, the messages Xi-Text writes when it happens, and the one command that starts it again
Distinguishing the Xi-Text offline State From error
What puts a printer offline rather than into error, and why nothing is written to the log when it happens
Diagnosing Why an Xi-Text Job Will Not Print
Every condition tested before a job reaches a printer, and why an unmatched job waits for ever, reporting nothing
Stopping and Starting All Xi-Text Printers at Once
The pattern form that halts or starts every printer in one command, and the four things a restart does not bring back
Identifying and Removing Redundant Xi-Text Jobs and Printers
What the queue deletes by itself, why a printer's state is no evidence of disuse, and the two-stage removal
Determining When an Xi-Text Printer Was Last Used
Xi-Text records no last-used time, so the only evidence is the optional per-printer log - what it holds and omits