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- printstatus - graphical printer status tool
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- _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s, also known as _P_r_i_n_t_S_t_a_t_u_s, provides a graphical interface
- for monitoring printers under the AT&T System V print spooling system.
- The program can be displayed on 24-bit, 8-bit, and 1-bit X displays.
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- -_e _u_p_d_a_t_e_I_n_t_e_r_v_a_l
- Specifies the interval, in seconds, between updates of the
- printer engine status information. This includes the icon
- itself and the Current Printer Status area of the
- interface. This information is polled whether _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s
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- -_q _u_p_d_a_t_e_I_n_t_e_r_v_a_l
- Specifies the interval, in seconds, between updates of the
- printer request queue status. This includes the queue
- itself; the information in the "Printer Request Queue"
- area of the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s window. This information is NNNNOOOOTTTT
- polled when the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s is iconified.
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- -_s _u_p_d_a_t_e_I_n_t_e_r_v_a_l
- Specifies the interval, in seconds, between updates of the
- spooler system status. This includes the general spooler
- information, including whether the spooler queue for this
- printer is enabled or disabled. This information is NNNNOOOOTTTT
- polled when the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s window is iconified.
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- -_i_c_o_n_i_c A very useful method of invoking printstatus is either to
- invoke it with the -_i_c_o_n_i_c X Toolkit option or to iconify
- it once running. When iconified, _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s continues to
- monitor the printer, and the application icon will change
- to reflect the current printer state. If the icon
- displays an undesirable state, opening the icon will give
- detailed information on the printer's condition.
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- When iconified, _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s performs only the minimal
- amount of polling necessary to keep the icon updated
- properly. Therefore, iconifying _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s is good
- etiquette when monitoring shared network printers, as the
- iconified _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s generates very little load on your
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- _p_r_i_n_t_e_r_n_a_m_e Specifies the printer that is to perform the printing.
- _p_r_i_n_t_e_r_n_a_m_e specifies the printer name. If the _p_r_i_n_t_e_r_n_a_m_e
- option is not specified then the printer selected will be
- the value of the LLLLPPPPDDDDEEEESSSSTTTT environment variable. If LLLLPPPPDDDDEEEESSSSTTTT is
- not set, the system default printer will be selected. If
- there is no system default printer, an error message to
- that effect will be printed and the program will exit.
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- The _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s program presents a status panel that consists of four
- main areas. These areas are the menu bar, the printer information and
- icon area, the printer status message area, and the printer queue area.
- These areas are described below.
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- MMMMeeeennnnuuuu BBBBaaaarrrr The menu bar provides four submenus: _P_r_i_n_t_e_r, _Q_u_e_u_e, _O_t_h_e_r
- _T_o_o_l_s, and _H_e_l_p.
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- The _P_r_i_n_t_e_r menu contains options to send a test page to the
- printer, to request that the printer status be updated
- immediately, and to quit the program. Note that the test page
- will not be affected by any printer-specific settings you may
- have set using the _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l tool.
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- The _Q_u_e_u_e menu contains options to cancel jobs and to modify
- queueing options. To cancel a job, select that job in the
- queue, and then select the cancel job menu option. If the job
- you select was not submitted from your workstation, the cancel
- job menu choice will be disabled. To set queueing options, you
- must be running the tool as the system adminstrator. To toggle
- job acceptance for the local printer queue, simply select the
- menu choice _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _A_c_c_e_p_t_i_n_g _Y_o_u_r _J_o_b_s and the state of that
- function will be toggled. To toggle job printing for the local
- printer queue, simply select the menu choice _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g
- _Y_o_u_r _J_o_b_s and the state of that function will be toggled. The
- state of these toggle buttons is automatically updated at set
- intervals in case the printer queue is modified from outside
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- The _O_t_h_e_r _T_o_o_l_s menu allows you to launch other printing-
- related tools, such as the _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l for submitting jobs and
- setting printer-specific options, _P_r_i_n_t_M_a_n_a_g_e_r for adding and
- deleting printers, and _P_r_i_n_t_S_t_a_t_u_s for another printer. If any
- of these programs is not properly installed, its menu entry
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- The _H_e_l_p menu allows you to launch an online help dialog, which
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- The top left portion of the _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s main panel contains the
- printer status icon, and the top right contains several lines
- of information about that printer. The icon graphically
- displays the current state of the printer being monitored.
- There are three states: Idle, Printing, and Faulted. The idle
- state is indicated by a plain printer icon on a green
- background. The Printing state is indicated by a printer icon
- plus a stack of waiting paper on a yellow background. The
- faulted state is indicated by a broken printer on a red
- background. (See the PPPPrrrriiiinnnntttteeeerrrr SSSSttttaaaattttuuuussss MMMMeeeessssssssaaaaggggeeee AAAArrrreeeeaaaa description
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- The textual printer information presented is the name of the
- printer as known to your local spooler, the model and type of
- printer as it was installed on the printer host, and the method
- of connection. If the printer is locally connected, a device
- such as '/dev/plp' will be listed here. If the printer is a
- remote printer connected to another system, the name of that
- host system will be listed.
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- This area contains two major features. First is the current
- printer state, which is one of _I_d_l_e, _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g, or _F_a_u_l_t_e_d.
- These states correspond to the green, yellow, and red icons,
- respectively. Detailed printer status information is presented
- in the scrollable list immediately below. Look in this area to
- determine what the nature of the faulted condition may be.
- Common problems such as out of paper or offline are easily
- diagnosed from where you sit using this information.
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- If the printer you are monitoring is not an _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o
- printer, it may not be capable of reporting this detailed
- status. In that case the icon and the status area may not ever
- change, and a message to that effect will be placed in the
- status area. In this case you may find it useful to resize the
- status list area by dragging the lower sash up to the upper
- sash, thereby conserving screen real estate. You may also wish
- to upgrade the printer server to an _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o printer server
- to obtain the detailed feedback which that package provides.
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- The jobs currently in the queue for this printer are displayed
- here. To cancel a job, select that job and then pull down the
- queue menu, releasing your mouse button on the Cancel Selected
- Job entry. If you are running the tool as the administrator,
- you may also be provided with the opportunity to forward the
- job to another printer.
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- _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s is written using the standard X toolkit and the Motif widget
- set. The program accepts all standard Xt/Motif resources and command line
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- _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s submits test jobs only to the AT&T System V print spooler.
- The BSD spooling system is not currently supported.
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- _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s by default updates the status information every 5 seconds,
- the queue every 15 seconds, and the general information such as the
- presence of the _O_t_h_e_r _T_o_o_l_s menu entries and queueing state (enabled,
- accepting) every 30 seconds. These values may be changed by specifying
- the -_e, -_q, and -_s options. Remembering that these values are polled at
- set intervals may be helpful in understanding why some status updates are
- not immediate. Selecting _U_p_d_a_t_e _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _S_t_a_t_u_s immediately updates all
- three classes of status information, without resetting any of the other
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- _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s polls for spooler information by using _l_i_b_s_p_o_o_l(_3), which,
- because of limitations in the System VR3 spooler, must use _r_s_h_d(_1_M) to
- query remote spooler information. If your printer host has access
- logging turned on, this polling behavior can result in large system log
- files if users leave their printstatus windows around for long periods.
- The proper solution to this is to iconify your _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s windows:
- _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s does not use _r_s_h_d(_1_M) to query engine status (see -_e switch,
- above), and thus will not log accesses on the printer host. Iconifying
- _p_r_i_n_t_s_t_a_t_u_s generates the lowest resource utilization: all engine status
- queries are done via the highly efficient RPC mechanism inside _l_i_b_p_o_d(_3).
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