Notification when a print job is not printed

[Anonymous]

Create a Bash script that does this.
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#!/bin/bash
qcheck_number=`lpq.cups -a | wc -l`

if [ "$qcheck_number" -ge 5 ]
  then
        lpq.cups -a | mail -s "Printer Issue Detected @ http://servername:631" username at domain.com
  else
        exit
fi

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Run it from crontab like every 5 minutes.

Works good for figuring out if you have a broken queue, the jobs will pile up in the queue and you will get a notification about that.





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> Hi,
>
> is it somehow possible to get a mail or something else, if a
> print job is not printed within a certain time (say 90min).
> We have sometimes trouble with some pdf-files or 1-2 printers.
> In the moment I check it manually.
> Is there a better way to do it ?
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>      Peer
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