HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide

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Managing Spoolers, Queues, and Logical Printers

Querying for Queue Information

backlogged queues, see “Conﬁguring the Queue Backlog Attributes” in

Chapter 6.

Querying for Enabled Logical Printers Associated

with the Queue

To query enabled logical printers that are enabled and ready to send jobs

associated with the queue Queue6, enter:

pdls -c queue -s column -r brief,logical-printers-assigned, \

logical-printers-ready Queue6

HPDPS displays information similar to the following:

Scheduler Logical Logical

Queue State Ready Server Printers Assigned Printers Ready

------ ----- ------------- ------ ----------------- --------------

Queue6 ready priority FIFO Spool3 LogPrt5 LogPrt6

LogPrt6

This information indicates that logical printer LogPrt6 is enabled and

LogPrt5 is not enabled.

For more information about enabling and disabling logical printers, see

“About Enabling and Disabling Logical Printers” later.

Querying for Ready Physical Printers Associated with

the Queue

A physical printer is ready if it is enabled and its state is

connecting-to-printer, idle, or printing.

To query ready physical printers that are enabled and ready to receive

jobs associated with the queue Queue7, enter:

pdls -c queue -s column -r brief,physical-printers-assigned,\

physical-printers-ready Queue7

HPDPS displays information similar to the following:

Scheduler Physical Physical

Queue State Ready Server Printers Assigned Printers Ready

----- ----- ------------- ------ ----------------- --------------

Queue7 ready priority FIFO Spool4 PhyPrt9 PhyPrt9

PhyPrt10

This information indicates that physical printer PhyPrt10 is not ready.