Printer status

[Khashru]

Hi,

I need to monitor the printer status connected to hpux server. which command should i use to do that.

[Deoncia Grayson_1]

lpstat -d will give you information:

man lpstat

[Chan 007]

Use

lpstat -p

Chan

[Khashru]

I have 30 printer. I use lpstat -t to see them. but it gives a long output. particulary which area should i check.

[Deoncia Grayson_1]

when you do a lpstat -t, the first line will state printer is idle and how long its been enable, but at the bottom of this output it will state printer queue for is ready and waiting or busy and a list of print jobs,

best way to sort through this if you're interested in only one print queue is to do:

lpstat -d and it will tell if this printer is available and if there are any jobs waiting to be printed

[Chan 007 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Check for queue name and status.

do a script

keep a copy of all printers in one ascii file. e.g /tmp/t

then
for i in $(cat /tmp/t)
do
echo $i
lpstat -p$i
done

Chan

[Khashru]

I am getting the following output.

hpprod:/home/mayub/script :lpstat -pausyd01pr351
printer ausyd01pr351 is idle. enabled since Jan 30 16:12
fence priority : 0

It says it is enable and idle. That means the printer is ok. right?

[Chan 007]

Yes, the print sheduler is ready, Idle says that nothing is in its queue.

Chan

[Chan 007]

Sorry i was too fast, even check for enable too..,

Chan

[Geoff Wild]

Here's a little script I use called lpst

# cat /opt/hpnpl/bin/lpst
#!/bin/sh
#
# check printer status
# Geoff Wild

if [ $# -lt 1 -o \( $# -gt 1 -a $# -lt 4 \) ]
then
echo "Usage:"
echo "lpst \"printer\""
echo "Example:"
echo "lpst W052"
exit 1
fi
echo " "
/usr/sbin/ping $1 -n 2
echo " "
lpstat -p$1 -v$1
echo " "
echo "Output Requests"
echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
lpstat -o$1
echo " "
lpstat -r
echo " "




Output like so:

# lpst W052

PING pcr12169.pcacorp.net: 64 byte packets
64 bytes from 156.44.163.184: icmp_seq=0. time=6. ms
64 bytes from 156.44.163.184: icmp_seq=1. time=6. ms

----pcr12169.mydomain.net PING Statistics----
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 6/6/6

printer W052 is idle. enabled since Jul 19 11:32
fence priority : 0
device for W052: /dev/null

Output Requests
-----------------------------------------------------------
no entries

scheduler is running



Rgds...Geoff