The Print Spooler module monitors the status of the printer daemon and print queue on the local host as well as the printer devices installed on it.
The following table describes the print spooler managed objects.
Table C–115 Print Spooler Properties
Property |
Description |
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Lpsched Status |
Status of the lpsched process |
Printer Devices |
Table lists information about the printer devices |
Printer Queues |
Table lists information about the printer queue |
The printer daemon section displays data on the LP Request Scheduler. The Line Printer's Schedule (LPsched) state property describes the current status of the printer.
The Printer Devices table lists the printers that are already added to the table.
The instance name or alias of the printer is displayed in the Name field. The description of the printer is displayed in the Description field. The name of the host on which the printer is installed is displayed in the Host Name field. If you are running a console that shows data monitored by an agent on a print server host, the path name of the printer device is displayed in the Device field. The printer state displays in the Printer State field.
The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Printer Devices.
Table C–116 Printer Devices Properties
Property |
Description |
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Row Status |
Status of the row |
Printer name |
Name of the printer device |
Description |
Description of the row |
Host name |
Name of the host to which the device is attached |
Device name |
Alphanumeric device name |
Device state |
State of the device |
The Print Queues table lists the print queues on the local host and displays the status of each queue. The following table provides a brief description of the properties for Printer Queues.
Table C–117 Printer Queues Properties
Property |
Description |
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Printer Queue Name |
Name of the printer queue |
Printer Queue State |
Current status of the printer queue (values are “accepting” and “not accepting”) |
# of Printer Queue Jobs |
Total number of jobs in the queue |
Current Printer Job |
Number of jobs currently spooled in the queue |
Printer Queue Size |
Total size (in Kbytes) of the jobs currently spooled in the queue |