View/check remote print queue via cups' lpq to an LPD queue

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Mon Aug 3 13:31:57 PDT 2009


Ashis wrote:

> Is there a way to query and/or forward via any cups lp commands to show
> the remote network queue information of a submitted job vs. showing the
> local print queue only?  (i.e. lpq -P <remote lpd server> <queue>)
> 
> 
> Currently I have a Linux boxes which has mapped a network printer via LPD,
> after submitting a job, the local print queue show the job id & status,
> however I have to currently go to a Solaris machine & run lpq -P <print
> queue> to get the 'true' status of the remote print queue.

Try lpq -h <server> <print queue>

where <server> is your solaris box. There are no other ways I know of.

Helge





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