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Print Queue Montior

I am very new to scripting could use some assistance polishing up my script. I have had issues with a print queue going down and needing some TLC to get it going again, however currently I have to wait for a user to complain about the issue. I have written a little script to monitor the print queue and email me when a queue is not in a READY state.

Code:
while true;do lpstat -W|sed '1,2d'| awk '{ if ($3 != "READY") {print $1 " is having issues"}}'|mail -s "Printer Issue" username@domain.com;sleep 30;done

I'm sure most of you can point out that all results are being passed onto mail and I receive emails every 30 seconds. I have been trying to understand the syntax so only positive hits are sent to mail however I have extended my scripting abilities.
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DBIAgent::Queue(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				      DBIAgent::Queue(3pm)

NAME
POE::Component::DBIAgent::Queue -- Helper class for managing a round-robin queue of Po:Co:DBIAgent:Helper's. SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Methods This are the methods we recognize: init init the queue (currently noop) add append argument to the queue clear Clear the queue find_by_pid Find the index of helper with specified pid find_by_wheelid Find the index of helper with specified wheel id remove_by_pid Remove helper with specified pid remove_by_wheelid Remove helper with specified wheel id next Get next helper off the head of the queue (and put it back on the end (round robin)) make_next Force the helper with the specified wheel id to the head of the queue. exit_all Tell all our helpers to exit gracefully. kill_all Send the specified signal (default SIGTERM) to all helper processes AUTHOR
This module has been fine-tuned and packaged by Rob Bloodgood <robb@empire2.com>. However, most of the code came directly from Fletch <fletch@phydeaux.org> and adapted for the release of POE::Component::DBIAgent. Thank you, Fletch! However, I own all of the bugs. This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.10.1 2008-01-18 DBIAgent::Queue(3pm)