Re: Print queues on Solaris 8

From: ML Starkey (martha.starkey_at_sun.com)
Date: 04/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:55:21 -0400

James Goodwill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've set up a number of print queues on my Sun Solaris 8 server. The
> printers are managed by NT print servers, running Microsoft TCP/IP printing
> (lpd).
>
> The queues were set up with the following command:
>
> lpadmin -p <printer_name> -s <NT print server>!<printer_name>
>
> This solution works just fine for printing. The problem I have is when the
> NT print server is unavailable, due to network or physical failure.
>
> I would expect prints, issued from the UNIX server with the lp command,
> would remain in the UNIX print queue, and their status monitored with the
> lpstat -p <printer_name> command.
>
> However I don't see any prints queued up, after issuing the lpstat command.
>
> Any suggestions as to why this my be?
>
> Regards,
> JG
>
>

Because the -o option is better for monitoring requests. lpstat -p just
  gives status of the printer queue, but not any requests. Maybe that
seems odd to you but that's just the way it is.

lpstat -t gives output requests that are waiting on the machine from
which you issue the command, but it appears at the very bottom, as the
-t option gives you just about every detail about the printers you have
on the system.

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