lpq not working to see remote lpd queues

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Sun Jul 31 06:25:38 PDT 2011


fernando zanini wrote:

> Im using cups 1.3.7 and when I try to see remote lpd queues, it fails.
> lpq -h x.x.x.x:515 -Pqueue
> Didnt connect.. its not firewall cause telnet x.x.x.x 515 works.
> lpq windows implementation works fine, but I need to use it on linux.
> Already tryed on 1.4.7 and no success.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Unless you have configured cupsd to use port 515 (which is the lpd port), 
cupsd by default uses port 631. Thus try
lpq -h x.x.x.x:631 -Pqueue

Helge





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