[cups.general] Printer not Queue Status

[Christoph Litauer]

Alex Finch schrieb:
> 
>  You can do this for most printers with snmp, for example we use:
> 
>  Xerox 4400
> 
> snmpget <ip address> public .1.3.6.1.2.1.43.16.5.1.2.1.1
> 
> 
> Hewlett Packard 4250
> 
> snmpget   <ip address> public 43.16.5.1.2.1.1
> 
> 
> lexmark Optra c710
> 
> snmpget   <ip address> public .1.3.6.1.2.1.43.16.5.1.2.1.1

Maybe it's worth to take a look at http://npadmin.sourceforge.net/

> 
> 
> I worked out the numbers using
> snmpwalk <ip address> public
> 
> combined with guesswork!
> 
> It generally corresponds to whatever the lcd panel is saying.
> 
> Anonymous wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> we're migrating from a lpd printing system to cups with heavy use of
>> the lpd or jetdirect backend.
>> What we're really missing is a way to ask the current status of an
>> associated printer.
>> Is there a integrated way to ask the printer status (not queue)?
>> E.g. in a lpd system 'lpstat' queries the queue and returns tha actual
>> status of the underlying printer.
>>
>> Thank's in advance
>> Andreas
>>
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> 
> 


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Regards
Christoph
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