wait-for-job-completion

Indicates if InfoPrint Manager asks the printer backend program or the DFE printer to wait for the job to print completely before reporting the job as completed rather than reporting the job as completed as soon as all the data has been sent to the printer.

GUI label

Report job completed when printed

DSS

AlX, CUPS, DFE, PSF Other-Driver on AIX, PSF Other-Driver on Linux

Type

Resettable, single-valued

Allowed Values

You can enter one of these fixed values:

Fixed Value Input Synonym
true yes
false no

Default Value

true
  • for AlX, CUPS, or PSF Other-Driver when the printer and backend support PJL USTATUS or IPP protocol
  • for DFE printers
false
  • for AlX, CUPS, or PSF Other-Driver when the printer or the backend do not support PJL USTATUS or IPP protocol

Usage Guidelines

  • This attribute can be used to activate or deactivate reporting of job completion in the printer backend program or for the DFE DSS printer.
  • If your physical printer has a time-out setting, make sure it is disabled when you specify true or yes for wait-for-job-completion.
  • There is a performance trade-off when you use this attribute: if you choose true, your printer performance might be reduced slightly; and when you choose false , the job completion messages might be premature or inaccurate.
  • For RAW Port 9100 printing using AIX, CUPS or PSF-Other Driver DSS, the pioinfo and piorpdm backend programs provide job completion status and job accounting information. For more information about these backend programs, see destination-command.
  • For AIX, CUPS or PSF-Other Driver DSS, the pioinfo and piorpdm backend programs obtain status from the printer through the PJL commands.
  • For AIX, CUPS or PSF-Other Driver DSS, if your physical printer does not support nested PJL JOB commands, use the pioinfo backend and add these flags to the printer command: '-w' on AIX and 'enable-ustat-count' on Linux.

    Using hostname (recommended):

    • On AIX: printer-command=/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/pioinfo example.domain.com -w

    • On Linux: printer-command=pioinfo://example.domain.com enable-ustat-count

    Using IPv4:

    • On AIX: printer-command=/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/pioinfo 9.99.99.51 -w

    • On Linux: printer-command=pioinfo://9.99.99.51 enable-ustat-count

    Using IPv6:

    • On AIX: printer-command=/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/pioinfo 2001:0ce8:58a3:0000:0000:6a2e:0370:3734 -w or printer-command=/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/pioinfo 2001:0ce8:58a3:0000:0000:6a2e:0370:3734 9100 -w

    • On Linux: printer-command=pioinfo://[2001:0ce8:58a3:0000:0000:6a2e:0370:3734] enable-ustat-count or printer-command=pioinfo://[2001:0ce8:58a3:0000:0000:6a2e:0370:3734]:9100 enable-ustat-count

  • For IPP printing using AIX DSS and PSF-Other DSS on AIX, the pioipps backend provides job completion status and job accounting. For more information about using the pioipps backend, see destination-command.
  • For IPP printing using AIX DSS and PSF-Other DSS on AIX, the pioipps backend obtains job status from the printer through the IPP attribute job-state.
  • For IPP printing using CUPS or PSF-Other DSS on Linux, the pioinfo and the piorpdm backends provide job completion status and job accounting information. For example destination-command=pioinfo://ip_address or destination-command=piorpdm://ip_address, where ip_address is the ip address of the printer.
  • For more information about using wait-for-job-completion, see “Accurate job completion in the AIX DSS” in the RICOH InfoPrint Manager for AIX: Getting Started guide.
Parent topic: Attributes for actual destinations