The following are the possible document states.
Hold – The document cannot be routed to a printer.
Hold Reprint – The document contains a reprint range. The document will not print until you right-click the document and select Ready and set the routing criteria to match that of a spool printer.
Hold Error ... – The document state changed to Hold because an error occurred. Right-click the document and select Information on Status to display the document error and an error description.
Ready – The document is ready to be routed. The document will begin printing when its routing criteria matches that of a spool printer and it is the next document in the queue.
Ready Reprint – The document contains a reprint range. The document will begin printing when its routing criteria matches that of a spool printer and it is the next document in the queue.
Ready Test Page – The document is ready to print a test page. The test page will begin printing when its routing criteria matches that of a spool printer and it is the next document in the queue. The document will remain in this state until the entire document begins printing.
Ready @ ... – The document has been scheduled to print at a specific time. You can resize the column to view the scheduled print date and time.
Ready @ ... Reprint – The document has been scheduled to reprint at a specific time. You can resize the column to view the scheduled reprint date and time.
Viewing – The document is currently being viewed. When a document is in this state, you cannot modify its attributes in the Spool Window.
Normalizing – The data is being converted to normalized Metacode data, and index files are being created.
Indexing – The text or AFP data file being received is being indexed. This will appear when using the job splitting feature.
Transforming – The data is being converted to the desired transformed type (for example PDF, PostScript, PCL Acronym for Printer Control Language. Hewlett-Packard uses this language in its LaserJet, DeskJet, and RuggedWriter printer lines. Because of the Laser Jet's dominance in the laser printer market, Printer Control Language has become a de facto standard., etc).
Printing – The document is currently being printed. When a document is in this state, you cannot modify its attributes in the Spool Window.
Printed – The document has been printed. This state appears and disappears quickly, so you might not see it.
Deleting – The document is being deleted.
Locked – This is a transition state while the document is being received. The spooler is in the process of creating the job before the data has been received.
Receiving – The document is being received into the Spool Window. When a document is in this state, you cannot modify its attributes in the Spool Window.
SysIn Dsn – The document is part of a multiple data set SYSIN job. Because the state is controlled by the first data set, this will appear as the state for the second and all successive data sets.