After you start the Status Monitor, the monitor displays printer information, such as the print status and amount of remaining ink.
The Status Monitor is available as a separate application.

1. Enter the following from the command line of the terminal software.

[user@zzz /yyyy]$ cngpijmonmp600 [printer_name]

Example:

[user@zzz /yyyy]$ cngpijmonmp600 MP600

The Status Monitor is started and it displays the print status and the amount of remaining ink.

 

You can start the Status Monitor easily by creating a command shortcut to launch the Status Monitor on your desktop.

Restriction of the Status Monitor

1. The status is not displayed until printing starts.
If printing has not been started when the Status Monitor is started, only the "Ready" message is displayed because status information cannot be obtained.

2. The Status Monitor does not detect whether the printer power is off. If the printer power is turned off, the Status Monitor does not display a message that indicates the printer status.

3. If a non-root user who is not already logged in tries to start cngpij or the Status Monitor but does not execute xhost, the "cannot open display" message is displayed, and cngpij or the Status Monitor will not start. Therefore be sure to execute the "xhost [hostname]" command.

4. If the Status Monitor is started with a user privilege that differs from that of the user who executed the print job, the monitor can be started, but the status information related to that job cannot be obtained (the status remains "Ready").

5. The status is not displayed in the Status Monitor if printing is performed using the cif command.

6. The Status Monitor may not be displayed properly if the LAN environment has been configured and the IP address has been specified.
If such is the case, you must change the CUPS security setting.
Add the specified IP address in the following section in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and restart the CUPS daemon.

<Location />

<Location /admin>

Example:

:
:
<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <- Add the specified IP address in this row.
</Location>
:
:
<Location /admin>
:
:
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <- Add the specified IP address in this row.
:
:
</Location>

Where, XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the specified IP address.

 

Refer to "CUPS Software Administrators Manual" (http://www.cups.org/sam.html) for more detailed information on the security settings for network and etc.