/usr/lib/cups/man/man.1/lpq.1

                                               (BSD System Compatibility)

                                   lpq(1bsd)
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   lpq -- (BSD) display the queue of printer jobs 

Synopsis

   /usr/ucb/lpq [-Pprinter] [-l] [+ [interval] ] [job# . . . ]
        [username . . . ]

Description

   lpq displays the contents of a printer queue. It reports the status of
   jobs specified by job#, or all jobs owned by the user specified by
   username. lpq reports on all jobs in the default printer queue when
   invoked with no arguments.

   For each print job in the queue, lpq reports the user's name, current
   position, the names of input files comprising the job, the job number
   (by which it is referred to when using lprm(1bsd)) and the total size
   in bytes. Normally, only as much information as will fit on one line
   is displayed. Jobs are normally queued on a first-in-first-out basis.
   Filenames comprising a job may be unavailable, such as when lpr is
   used at the end of a pipeline; in such cases the filename field
   indicates the standard input.

   If lpq warns that there is no daemon present (that is, due to some
   malfunction), the lpc(1Mbsd) command can be used to restart a printer
   daemon.

  Options

   -P printer
          Display information about the queue for the specified printer.
          In the absence of the -P option, the queue to the printer
          specified by the PRINTER variable in the environment is used.
          If the PRINTER variable is not set, the queue for the default
          printer is used.
   -l
          Display queue information in long format; includes the name of
          the host from which the job originated.
   +[interval ]
          Display the spool queue periodically until it empties. This
          option clears the terminal screen before reporting on the
          queue. If an interval is supplied, lpq sleeps that number of
          seconds in between reports.

Files

   /var/spool/lp
          spooling directory.
   /var/spool/lp/tmp/system_name/*-0
          request files specifying jobs

Diagnostics

   lpq: printer is printing
          The lpq program queries the spooler LPSCHED about the status of
          the printer. If the printer is disabled, the system
          administrator can restart the spooler using lpc(1Mbsd).
   lpq: printer waiting for auto-retry (offline ?)
          The daemon could not open the printer device. The printer may
          be turned off-line. This message can also occur if a printer is
          out of paper, the paper is jammed, and so on. Another possible
          cause is that a process, such as an output filter, has
          exclusive use of the device. The only recourse in this case is
          to kill the offending process and restart the printer with lpc.
   lpq: waiting for host to come up
          A daemon is trying to connect to the remote machine named host,
          in order to send the files in the local queue. If the remote
          machine is up, lpd on the remote machine is probably dead or
          hung and should be restarted using lpc.
   lpq: sending to host
          The files are being transferred to the remote host, or else the
          local daemon has hung while trying to transfer the files.
   lpq: printer disabled reason:
          The printer has been marked as being unavailable with lpc.
   lpq: The LP print service isn't running or can't be reached.
          The lpsched process overseeing the spooling queue does not
          exist. You can restart the printer daemon with lpc.
   lpq: printer: unknown printer
          The printer was not found in the System V LP database. Usually
          this is a typing mistake; however, it may indicate that the
          printer does not exist on the system. Use `lpstat -p' to find
          the reason.
   lpq: error on opening queue to spooler
          The connection to lpsched on the local machine failed. This
          usually means the printer server started at boot time has died
          or is hung. Check if the printer spooler daemon
          /usr/lib/lp/lpsched is running.
   lpq: Can't send message to LP print service
   lpq: Can't establish contact with LP print service
          These indicate that the LP print service has been stopped. Get
          help from the system administrator.
   lpq: Received unexpected message from LP print service
          It is likely there is an error in this software. Get help from
          system administrator.

References

   lpc(1Mbsd), lpr(1bsd), lprm(1bsd)

Notices

   Output formatting is sensitive to the line length of the terminal;
   this can result in widely-spaced columns.
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   UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004
   
See also lpq(1)