User`s guide

QMS LPD (Line
Printer
Daemon)
QMS CrownNet System Administrator's Guide7-26
Monitoring Status
Using LPC
LPC is a UNIX utility that allow the system administrator to enter sev-
eral UNIX printer control commands through a single command. After
you add the QMS queue to the /etc/printcap file, the UNIX command
lpc status↵
should return the following message:
QMS:
queueing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
Using LPQ
The UNIX lpq command requests a job queue display similar to the
following:
Printer Status:NO ERROR
Job # Queue Title User I/F Status
12 QMS chap1.ps Brian Ethernet Spooling 0 of 0
13 QMS pix.ps Jess Ethernet Printing 1 of 1
Notice that the Queue name reported is the name you defined in the
rp field in the host’s /etc/printcap file.
If no jobs exist in the queue, the following message displays:
Printer Status:NO ERROR
or
Printer Status:IDLE
In the event of an error on the printer, the NO ERROR message in the
Printer Status field is replaced with the same message displayed in
the printer’s control panel message window.