[cups.general] "lpstat -p" always stays on "Print file sent,waiting for printer to finish..."

[Michael Sweet]

Adam Monsen wrote:
> When I queue a print job, lpstat -p first says:
> "printer LabLexmark is idle.  enabled since Jan 01 00:00
>    Connected to host, sending print job..."
> and a moment or two later:
> "printer LabLexmark is idle.  enabled since Jan 01 00:00
>    Print file sent, waiting for printer to finish..."
> and it will continue to say this for hours, even days.
> 
> Why not "job complete" or "job printed" or something? The printer spat
> out something good. The job does appear in the "completed jobs queue"
> as reported by "lpstat -p -W completed -t" and "lpq" seems to know the
> job is done.

This is an old issue from 1.1.x and already fixed in 1.2.x.

Basically, the socket backend was the last to send out a message,
but it never adds a subsequent "ready to print" or "job completed"
message.

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