Dear Managers,
i look for a tool or script, which will run in background the whole time and
will tell me, when a printer does't do for what it was made - printing.
our current configuration is:
[machine A] -network- [machine B] -network- [Printer lps17b]
[machine C] -network- [machine B] -network- [Printer HPIVsi]
where machine B is the Printserver-machine (DECUnix) for lps17b and HPIVsi
for example, on machine A, i see with: lpq -Plps17b
lps17b: printing Job 285 (file #1) for user_at_host to PrintServer "lps17b" (lps17b.xxxxxx)
Rank Pri Owner Job Files Total Size
active 0 xxx 285 golfer.ps 25499 bytes
1st 0 xxx 149 /home/xxx/Mail/inbox/26 1318 bytes
but this is, what i see for about 30 minutes or longer -> something is wrong
with this printer: no paper, paper jam....
or if i see the message: Attempting to print over 10 minutes (configurable??).
I wish the background-Process will send me a message or mail that there is a
problem. The solution i will do.
There are some other network printer, for example: HPIVsi, which are getting
never stalled, all what i see is: Attempting to print.... or other messages on
my machine, because the Printer-server machine is another Unix-machine and not
directly connected to my machine.
I thougt, Polycenter System Watchdog will help me, but the only Message the
Watchdog like, is when a printer is stalled.
Other messages, Watchdog didn't release, that something is wrong.
Am i alone with this problem?
Thanks in advance, H. Baumgartner
Max-Planck-Institute of
Extraterrestrical Physics
Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 1
85740 Garching, Germany
H. Baumgartner
hmb_at_mpe-garching.mpg.de
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Received on Mon Oct 28 1996 - 17:57:12 NZDT