Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell
| lpq |
Displays the status of a print queue on a TCP/IP print server running LPD.
Syntax
lpq -S servername -P printername [-l]
Options
- -S servername
-
The name or IP address of the LPD print server
- -P printername
-
The name of the print queue on the server
- -l
-
Verbose output
Examples
Display status of print queue for the network printer BROTHER on TEST :
lpq -S 172.16.11.104 -P brother Windows LPD Server Printer \172.16.11.104\brother Owner Status Jobname Job-Id Size Pages Priority ------------------------------------------------------ Administrator Printing Test Page 513 103793 0 0
Notes
lpq can query non-LPD print servers as well (for example, Microsoft Windows print servers). You can't use lpq to send jobs to these print servers, however.
You can query the TCP/IP print queue on the local machine by typing:
lpq -S localhost -P printername
See Also
lpr , Printing