B.3 Supported Operation Strings

All requests to the plug-in have two required parameters. The first is operation, and the second is result-type. All operations except op-client-interface-version and op-client-version-info require the parameter printer-url. All requests support the optional parameter error-type.

With the exception of op-printer-send-test-page and op-printer-remove, the printer does not need to be installed to use the following operations:

B.3.1 op-client-interface version

Description:

Determines a version associated with the plug-in’s HTML interface. Can also determine if a client upgrade needs to be invoked for any other client plug-in/HTML file compatibility issues.

Required information:

None

Supported return types:

URL, Cookie, Object

B.3.2 op-client-is-printer-installed

Description:

Determines if the indicated printer is installed on the workstation.

Required information:

Printer URL 

Supported return types:

URL, Cookie, Object

B.3.3 op-client-version-info

Description:

Determines the version of the Novell® iPrint Client files running on the workstation.

Required information:

None

Supported return types:

Cookie, URL, Object

B.3.4 op-job-cancel

Description:

Deletes the indicated jobs.

Required information

Printer URL, job-list

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.5 op-job-get-info

Description:

Gets job information for indicated jobs. The information returned depends on the printer’s capabilities. This information can include job name, ID, owner, size, bytes processed, hold until, priority, time created, time started printing, and time finished printing.

Required information:

Printer URL, job-list

Supported return types:

Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.6 op-job-hold

Description:

Puts a hold on the indicated jobs. A job that is printing might not be held.

Required information:

Printer URL, job-list

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

Supported parameter is indefinite.

B.3.7 op-job-release-hold

Description:

Removes the hold on the indicated jobs.

Required information:

Printer URL, job-list

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.8 op-printer-get-info

Description:

Gets additional information about the printer. The information returned depends on the printer’s capabilities. This information can include printer location, printer make and model, and supported document formats (PDLs).

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.9 op-printer-get-status

Description:

Gets status information from the indicated printer. The information returned depends on the printer’s capabilities. Status can include printer state, printer state reasons, printer state message, printer accepting jobs, and printer job count.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.10 op-printer-install

Description:

Installs the indicated printer to this workstation.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.11 op-printer-list-all-jobs

Description:

Lists jobs for this printer.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.12 op-printer-pause

Description:

Pauses the printer. If results are requested for this operation, the op-printer-get-status operation is executed to provide the new printer status.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.13 op-printer-purge-jobs

Description:

Deletes all jobs for this printer.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.14 op-printer-remove

Description:

Deletes the indicated printer from this workstation.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML

B.3.15 op-printer-resume

Description:

Resumes the printer. If results are requested for this operation, the op-printer-get-status operation is executed to provide the new printer status.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.16 op-printer-send-file

Description:

Sends a printer-ready file to this printer.

Required information:

Printer URL, file-path-name

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie

B.3.17 op-printer-send-test-page

Description:

Sends a test page to this printer.

Required information:

Printer URL

Supported return types:

None, Message box, HTML, URL, Cookie