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Old 06-25-2009
print q jobs
Hi,
I need to get queue name ,status and numbero jobs waiting in queue.I was using lpstat and i got the queue name ,status and number of jobs waiting but the problem with lpstat is that when printer is out of paper then it shows printer status ready and 0 jobs in queue.is there any way that i can find queue name,status and total number of jobs waiting in queue when printer is out of paper or queue is down etc.
i need first,second column and sum of 9th column.
please give me guide line to fix this. thanks
Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk
-------------------- -------------- --------- ------ ------------------ ---------- ---- --- ----- --- ---
abxxxp09 abxxxp09 READY
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Old 06-25-2009
Does your system have lpq - will show something like 'printer not ready' or somesuch when the printer has issues. It will not say 'out of paper'
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Old 06-25-2009
no printer status is ready when it is out of paper.so jobs are there but i cant see those with lpq or lpstat.is there any other way to see those jobs.thanks
# 4  
Old 06-25-2009
see print queue which are down
enq -sAW | grep DOWN " to check the down queues"

Nabeel
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Old 06-25-2009
thanks for reply. actually i need to consider READY state too not only DOWN or QUEUE. in case printer is in ready state but number of jobs are higher than threshold then i have send a mail thats why i am looking to find out number of jobs in a queue
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