lpq - show printer queue status
lpq [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -P destina- tion[/instance] ] [ -a ] [ -l ] [ +interval ]
lpq(1) Apple Inc. lpq(1) NAME lpq - show printer queue status SYNOPSIS lpq [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -P destina- tion[/instance] ] [ -a ] [ -l ] [ +interval ] DESCRIPTION lpq shows the current print queue status on the named printer. Jobs queued on the default destination will be shown if no printer or class is specified on the command-line. The +interval option allows you to continuously report the jobs in the queue until the queue is empty; the list of jobs is shown once every interval seconds. OPTIONS lpq supports the following options: -E Forces encryption when connecting to the server. -P destination[/instance] Specifies an alternate printer or class name. -U username Specifies an alternate username. -a Reports jobs on all printers. -h server[:port] Specifies an alternate server. -l Requests a more verbose (long) reporting format. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+------------------+ |Availability | print/cups | +---------------+------------------+ |Stability | Volatile | +---------------+------------------+ SEE ALSO cancel(1), lp(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpstat(1), http://localhost:631/help COPYRIGHT Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc. NOTES This software was built from source available at https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from http://ftp.easysw.com/pub/cups/1.4.5/cups-1.4.5-source.tar.bz2 Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.cups.org/. 16 June 2008 CUPS lpq(1)