The following are the possible printer states.
Disabled – The spool printer cannot accept documents.
Ready – The spool printer is ready to accept documents. When a printer is in this state, you cannot modify its attributes in the Spool Window.
Processing – The document that is being sent to the printer is being prepared for printing. The printer is waiting to start printing.
Printing – A document is currently being printed.
Paused – Document processing has been paused.
Draining – This is a transition state from Printing to Disabled while the current document finishes printing.
Reprint – The printer will reprint all or portions of a document from the Viewer.
Intervention – An error has occurred on the physical printer that requires user intervention. For example, the printer may be out of paper or there could be a printer jam.
Down ... error – An error occurred on the printer. Right-click the printer and select Information on Status to display the printer error and an error description.
Warning – A problem occurred on the printer, such as a paper jam, out of paper. The warning will clear when the condition has been corrected.