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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to prevent queues from disabling themselves Post 302582535 by methyl on Friday 16th of December 2011 09:33:32 AM
Old 12-16-2011
How is a sample printer wired into the network? Is there a print server involved?
How was the print queue configured?
What sort of printer?

Do you have an existing method for detecting whether the printer is not available due to power down as distinct from say out of paper?


It's fairly easy to write an alert mechanism to detect a stale print queue (at say 15 minute intervals).
Just look at the age of the newest file in /usr/spool/lp/request/<printer> . Avoid using "lpstat" because this can be very slow when printers have been powered off.
Last edited by methyl; 12-16-2011 at 10:45 AM..
 

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