08-22-2006
Printer Setup Issues
We have several printers setup to send the print file to a specific IP address and place in a specific folder based on printer selection (this is a Win2000 Server). The issue we are having is before sending the file, I do a lpstat for the printer and it shows ready and waiting. We send the job to the printer...the print job sit forever in the queue and shows that the destination is down and is waiting for it to come up.
We have in the past restarted the print service and sometimes the files will release, but that has not worked the last couple of times.
We are pretty much stumped any help/suggestions would be great
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lpstat
lpstat(1) General Commands Manual lpstat(1)
Name
lpstat - printer status information
Syntax
lpstat [ options ]
Description
The utility prints the status of the system printers.
Without any options, prints the status of print requests made to the default printer.
This command exists for X/OPEN compatibility.
Options
Some of the options can be followed by a list of arguments. The arguments must be specified as follows:
lpstat -uuser1,user2,user3
List items can be separated by spaces, but the list must be enclosed in quotes. If you do not include any arguments, all the information
relevant to the option is printed.
The valid options for are:
-a (R)[ printer1, printer2, ... (R)]
Print whether or not printers are accepting print requests.
-d Print the name of the default system printer.
-o (R)[ printer1, printer2, ... (R)]
Print the status of print requests.
-p (R)[ printer1, printer2, ... (R)]
Print the status of printers.
-r Print the status of the line printer daemon,
-s Print a status summary, including the status of the line printer daemon and the default system printer.
-t Print all status information.
-u (R)[ user1, user2, ... (R)]
Print the status of users' print requests.
See Also
lp(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lpc(8)
lpstat(1)