System Administration Guide: Printing

LP Print Service Log Files

The LP print service maintains two sets of log files that are described in the following table.

Log File Name 

Description 

syslogd

Set lpr.debug in /etc/syslog.conf to enable LP print service logging

/var/spool/lp

A list of current requests that are in the print queue 

/var/lp/logs/requests

An ongoing history of print requests