08-16-2009
it's a pity nobody takes in old tape cartridges, it's one of those things that everybody has tons of but not recyclable and quite useless but nobody dares to dispose of because of management security policies.
I wish it were as recyclable as something like laser printer toner cartridges.
You can refill a printer toner.
You can wash an old beer bottle and reuse it.
Old tyres you can shred it mixed with aggregates and use to lay on tarmac, or burn it to produce electricity or some countries like vietnam they use old tyres to make the soles of cheap sandals.
But what do you do with a spoilt tape cartridge? Chucked into a corner or cupboard taking up space and forgotten that's what.
Last edited by sparcguy; 08-16-2009 at 12:31 AM..
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PAPSTATUS(8) System Manager's Manual PAPSTATUS(8)
NAME
papstatus - get the status of an AppleTalk-connected printer
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/papstatus [ -d ] [ -p printer ] [ retrytime ]
DESCRIPTION
papstatus is used to obtain the current status message from an AppleTalk connected printer. It uses the Printer Access Protocol (PAP) to
obtain the status information.
If no printer is specified on the command line, papstatus looks for a file called .paprc in the current directory and reads it to obtain
the name of a printer. The .paprc file should contain a single line of the form object:type@zone where each of object, :type, and @zone
are optional. type and zone must be proceeded by `:' and `@' respectively. Blank lines and lines the begin with a `#' are ignored. type
and zone default to LaserWriter and the zone of the local host, respectively.
OPTIONS
-d Turns on a debugging mode that prints some extra information to standard error.
-p printer
Get status from printer (do not consult any .paprc files to find a printer name). The syntax for printer is the same as discussed
above for the .paprc file.
retrytime
Normally, papstatus only gets the status from the printer once. If retrytime is specified, the status is obtained repeatedly, with
a sleep of retrytime seconds between inquiring the printer.
FILES
.paprc file that contains printer name
SEE ALSO
nbp(1), pap(8)
17 Dec 1991 PAPSTATUS(8)