lpstat not reporting correct printer status

[Alexander Lorenz]

> On May 5, 2010, at 4:48 AM, Alexander Lorenz wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >=20
> > we are using CUPS 1.3.11 on a Collax Business Server to manage =
> printing.
> > To check check wether the printer status we want to use lpstat.
> > I guess lpstat -p should report the printer status, but on our systems =
> it shows ever "idle", but not if there is a "paper jam" or "medi tray =
> empty" error.
> > Can this be checked by lpstat or an other CUPS included tool??
>
>
> "lpstat -l -p" will show any printer-state-reasons values after =
> "Alerts:".
No, we do not see any errors. Also in the Logfile is no error message to see. The strange is, we saw them some days ago, but by now no message from the Printers appear in the Log. We are using different Printers from HP and Epson. The LogLevel for CUPS is set to "info".

Any ideas?