tell me when a printer is off line

[Rick Garland]

Hi all:

Its been a printer day...

Going into jetadmin you can select the option(s) that will produce a display for you that says the printer is on-line, off-line, out of paper, etc...

Can this be done from a command line?

Many thanks!

[Rick Garland]

BTW, these printers are at remote locations, some 1000 miles away.

They are defined as network printers with direct IP addresses using jetdirect cards. The models vary - mostly HPIII and above.

[James Murtagh · Accepted solution]

Hi Rick,

I think you're looking for the hpnpadmin command:

# hpnpadmin -E 15.145.38.102
Printer Status: Online

There are numerous flags to this command - please see the man page or help syntax.

Regards,

James.