10-04-2009
Print spooler
I need to check the status of my print spooler on an HP-UX what is the command?
Thanks
Janelle
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foomatic-printjob
FOOMATIC-PRINTJOB(1) General Commands Manual FOOMATIC-PRINTJOB(1)
NAME
foomatic-printjob - <put a short description here>
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-printjob [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] [ -o option1=value1 -o option2 ... ] [ -i ] [ file1 file2 ... ]
foomatic-printjob -Q [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] [ -i ] [ -a ] [ user1 user2 ... ]
foomatic-printjob -R [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] [ - ] [ -i ] [ jobid1 jobid2 ... ]
foomatic-printjob -C [ -s spooler ] [ -i ] command [ arguments ]
foomatic-printjob -S [ -s spooler ] [ -i ]
foomatic-printjob -h [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] [ -i ]
Options
-sspooler Explicit spooler type (cups,lpd,lprng,pdq)
-Pqueuename
Command should apply to this queue
-ooption=value
Set option to value
-ooption Set the switch option
-#n Print n copies
file1 file2 ...
Files to be printed, when no file is given, standard input will be printed
-Q Query the jobs in a queue
-a Query the jobs in all queues
user1 user2 ...
Users whose jobs should be listed
-R Remove a job from a queue
- Remove all your jobs
jobid1 jobid2
IDs of the jobs to be removed
-C Execute control commands for queue/job manipulation
command [ arguments ]
Control command for queue/job manipulation. The commands are the ones of the BSD "lpc" utility. Use the control command "help" to
get a list of supported commands. Note: the amount of commands varies with the spooler, but the same commands given under differ-
ent spoolers do the same thing.
-i Interactive mode: You will be asked if foomatic-printjob is in doubt about something. Otherwise foomatic-printjob uses auto-
detection or quits with an error.
-S Save the chosen spooler as the default spooler
-h Show this message or show a list of available options if a queue is specified
EXIT STATUS
foomatic-printjob returns ...
AUTHOR
Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.
BUGS
This manpage needs some editing.
Foomatic Project 2001-01-06 FOOMATIC-PRINTJOB(1)