NAME¶

lpstat - compatibility program to get information about printers

SYNOPSIS¶

lpstat [-A] [-d] [-l] [-r] [-R] [-s] [-t] [-a[list]] [-c[list]] [-f[list]] [-o[list]] [-p[list]] [-P] [-S[list]] [list] [-u[login-ID-list]] [-v[list]] [-V] [-n] [-Tdbgflags]

DESCRIPTION¶

lpstat is a (partial) simulation for the Solaris SystemV R4 print facilities. Please use lpq instead.

OPTIONS¶

list is a list of print queue names

-A

use authentication specified by AUTH environment variable

-a[list]

destination status

-c[list]

class status

-d

print default destination

-f[list]

forms status

-o[list]

job or printer status

-n

each -n increases number of status lines (default 1)

-N

maximum number of status lines

-p[list]

printer status

-P

paper types - ignored

-r

scheduler status

-s

summary status information - short format

-S[list]

character set - ignored

-t

all status information - long format

-u[joblist]

job status information

-v[list]

printer mapping

-V

verbose mode

-Tdbgflags

debug flags

-a, -c, -f, -o, -n, -N and -p

produce a long status format.

SEE ALSO¶

lpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), checkpc(8), lpq(1), lprm(1), checkpc(8), printcap(5), lpd.perms(5), pr(1).

AUTHOR¶

LPRng was written by Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.

HISTORY¶

LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. The LPRng developer mailing list is lprng-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; subscribe by visiting https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lprng-devel or sending mail to lprng-request@lists.sourceforge.net with the word subscribe in the body.
The software is available via http://lprng.sourceforge.net