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Chapter4 Development Guide for a Cooperative Application
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STF File
The STF file (TDBStatus.txt) is a file for sending PP-100/PP-100N status to your cooperative application.
The STF file includes the following information; job ID, the number of published discs, job status, error code,
the number of discs in the stacker, ink level, and so on.
❏ When a publishing machine has been registered using EPSON Total Disc Setup, TD Bridge
creates the STF file automatically.
❏ The STF file is updated every five seconds while TD Bridge is activating. The update has no
relation to whether your cooperative application is started or not.
❏ Once the STF file is created, the file is not deleted even after exiting TD Bridge.
❏ The STF file cannot be updated while it is opened by another application. Therefore, the STF file
must be closed as soon as the application finished to read the file.
❏ Jobs created from EPSON Total Disc Maker without using TD Bridge are not written in the STF
file.
❏ The ink level information is not suitable for calculating the number of sheets that are printable
with the remaining ink because the information changes each time ink is consumed by
automatic cleaning.