[cups] programmatically detect network printer power state

[Boncek, John]

Not really a secret, but not germane to the discussion either.  My organization creates embedded systems for non-computer-savvy users who need a very simple (and very limited) set of ways to connect to a network printer, send jobs to it, and be given a clue as to why the printer might not be responding if it isn't.  Our system uses CUPS behind the scenes but our users never see it.  Thanks for all you do.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: cups-bounces at cups.org [mailto:cups-bounces at cups.org] On Behalf Of Johannes Meixner
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 9:03 AM
To: The CUPS user discussion list.
Subject: Re: [cups] programmatically detect network printer power state


Hello,

On Jun 2 14:14 Brian Potkin wrote (excerpt):
>
> John Boncek might get a simpler, more suitable solution if he said why 
> he wanted to detect the on/off state of the printer and what he would 
> do with the information.

I fear we poor public mailing list readers who blindly try to help even those who keep their reasoning behind as a private secret must be content with as little as

"We got it working."

;-)


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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SUSE LINUX GmbH - GF: Felix Imendoerffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton - HRB 21284 (AG Nuernberg)

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