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printstatus - graphical printer status tool
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pppprrrriiiinnnnttttssssttttaaaattttuuuussss [ options... ] printername
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_p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s, also known as _P_r_i_n_t_S_t_a_t_u_s, provides a graphical interface
for monitoring printers under the AT&T System V print spooling system.
The program can be displayed on 24-bit, 8-bit, and 1-bit X displays.
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-_e _u_p_d_a_t_e_I_n_t_e_r_v_a_l
Specifies the interval, in seconds, between updates of the
printer engine status information. This includes the icon
itself and the Current Printer Status area of the
interface. This information is polled whether _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s
is iconified or not.
-_q _u_p_d_a_t_e_I_n_t_e_r_v_a_l
Specifies the interval, in seconds, between updates of the
printer request queue status. This includes the queue
itself; the information in the "Printer Request Queue"
area of the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s window. This information is NNNNOOOOTTTT
polled when the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s is iconified.
-_s _u_p_d_a_t_e_I_n_t_e_r_v_a_l
Specifies the interval, in seconds, between updates of the
spooler system status. This includes the general spooler
information, including whether the spooler queue for this
printer is enabled or disabled. This information is NNNNOOOOTTTT
polled when the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s window is iconified.
-_i_c_o_n_i_c A very useful method of invoking printstatus is either to
invoke it with the -_i_c_o_n_i_c X Toolkit option or to iconify
it once running. When iconified, _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s continues to
monitor the printer, and the application icon will change
to reflect the current printer state. If the icon
displays an undesirable state, opening the icon will give
detailed information on the printer's condition.
When iconified, _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s performs only the minimal
amount of polling necessary to keep the icon updated
properly. Therefore, iconifying _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s is good
etiquette when monitoring shared network printers, as the
iconified _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s generates very little load on your
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network and on your network host.
_p_r_i_n_t_e_r_n_a_m_e Specifies the printer that is to perform the printing.
_p_r_i_n_t_e_r_n_a_m_e specifies the printer name. If the _p_r_i_n_t_e_r_n_a_m_e
option is not specified then the printer selected will be
the value of the LLLLPPPPDDDDEEEESSSSTTTT environment variable. If LLLLPPPPDDDDEEEESSSSTTTT is
not set, the system default printer will be selected. If
there is no system default printer, an error message to
that effect will be printed and the program will exit.
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The _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s program presents a status panel that consists of four
main areas. These areas are the menu bar, the printer information and
icon area, the printer status message area, and the printer queue area.
These areas are described below.
MMMMeeeennnnuuuu BBBBaaaarrrr The menu bar provides four submenus: _P_r_i_n_t_e_r, _Q_u_e_u_e, _O_t_h_e_r
_T_o_o_l_s, and _H_e_l_p.
The _P_r_i_n_t_e_r menu contains options to send a test page to the
printer, to request that the printer status be updated
immediately, and to quit the program. Note that the test page
will not be affected by any printer-specific settings you may
have set using the _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l tool.
The _Q_u_e_u_e menu contains options to cancel jobs and to modify
queueing options. To cancel a job, select that job in the
queue, and then select the cancel job menu option. If the job
you select was not submitted from your workstation, the cancel
job menu choice will be disabled. To set queueing options, you
must be running the tool as the system adminstrator. To toggle
job acceptance for the local printer queue, simply select the
menu choice _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _A_c_c_e_p_t_i_n_g _Y_o_u_r _J_o_b_s and the state of that
function will be toggled. To toggle job printing for the local
printer queue, simply select the menu choice _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g
_Y_o_u_r _J_o_b_s and the state of that function will be toggled. The
state of these toggle buttons is automatically updated at set
intervals in case the printer queue is modified from outside
_P_r_i_n_t_S_t_a_t_u_s.
The _O_t_h_e_r _T_o_o_l_s menu allows you to launch other printing-
related tools, such as the _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l for submitting jobs and
setting printer-specific options, _P_r_i_n_t_M_a_n_a_g_e_r for adding and
deleting printers, and _P_r_i_n_t_S_t_a_t_u_s for another printer. If any
of these programs is not properly installed, its menu entry
will be greyed out.
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The _H_e_l_p menu allows you to launch an online help dialog, which
should provide helpful information. It better, or it isn't
doing its job.
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The top left portion of the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s main panel contains the
printer status icon, and the top right contains several lines
of information about that printer. The icon graphically
displays the current state of the printer being monitored.
There are three states: Idle, Printing, and Faulted. The idle
state is indicated by a plain printer icon on a green
background. The Printing state is indicated by a printer icon
plus a stack of waiting paper on a yellow background. The
faulted state is indicated by a broken printer on a red
background. (See the PPPPrrrriiiinnnntttteeeerrrr SSSSttttaaaattttuuuussss MMMMeeeessssssssaaaaggggeeee AAAArrrreeeeaaaa description
below for more detailed status.)
The textual printer information presented is the name of the
printer as known to your local spooler, the model and type of
printer as it was installed on the printer host, and the method
of connection. If the printer is locally connected, a device
such as '/dev/plp' will be listed here. If the printer is a
remote printer connected to another system, the name of that
host system will be listed.
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This area contains two major features. First is the current
printer state, which is one of _I_d_l_e, _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g, or _F_a_u_l_t_e_d.
These states correspond to the green, yellow, and red icons,
respectively. Detailed printer status information is presented
in the scrollable list immediately below. Look in this area to
determine what the nature of the faulted condition may be.
Common problems such as out of paper or offline are easily
diagnosed from where you sit using this information.
If the printer you are monitoring is not an _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o
printer, it may not be capable of reporting this detailed
status. In that case the icon and the status area may not ever
change, and a message to that effect will be placed in the
status area. In this case you may find it useful to resize the
status list area by dragging the lower sash up to the upper
sash, thereby conserving screen real estate. You may also wish
to upgrade the printer server to an _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o printer server
to obtain the detailed feedback which that package provides.
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The jobs currently in the queue for this printer are displayed
here. To cancel a job, select that job and then pull down the
queue menu, releasing your mouse button on the Cancel Selected
Job entry. If you are running the tool as the administrator,
you may also be provided with the opportunity to forward the
job to another printer.
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_p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s is written using the standard X toolkit and the Motif widget
set. The program accepts all standard Xt/Motif resources and command line
options.
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_p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s submits test jobs only to the AT&T System V print spooler.
The BSD spooling system is not currently supported.
_p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s by default updates the status information every 5 seconds,
the queue every 15 seconds, and the general information such as the
presence of the _O_t_h_e_r _T_o_o_l_s menu entries and queueing state (enabled,
accepting) every 30 seconds. These values may be changed by specifying
the -_e, -_q, and -_s options. Remembering that these values are polled at
set intervals may be helpful in understanding why some status updates are
not immediate. Selecting _U_p_d_a_t_e _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _S_t_a_t_u_s immediately updates all
three classes of status information, without resetting any of the other
timers.
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_p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s polls for spooler information by using _l_i_b_s_p_o_o_l(_3), which,
because of limitations in the System VR3 spooler, must use _r_s_h_d(_1_M) to
query remote spooler information. If your printer host has access
logging turned on, this polling behavior can result in large system log
files if users leave their printstatus windows around for long periods.
The proper solution to this is to iconify your _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s windows:
_p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s does not use _r_s_h_d(_1_M) to query engine status (see -_e switch,
above), and thus will not log accesses on the printer host. Iconifying
_p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s generates the lowest resource utilization: all engine status
queries are done via the highly efficient RPC mechanism inside _l_i_b_p_o_d(_3).
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lp(1), lpadmin(1M), PrintPanel(1)
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/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Printstatus Program resource file
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