lpq
Returns information on all print jobs on the local printer; however, for remote printers, it provides the status only for jobs belonging to the user. lpq is the equivalent of the SunOS 5.x command lpstat.
The command lpq username provides the status of all files, on all machines (both local and remote), belonging to the named user. In these examples, user wesson sends files fileX and fileY to the local printer printerA, and fileZ to a remote printer:
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