The lpstat utility displays information about the current status of the LP print service to standard output.

If no options are given, lpstat prints the status of all the user's print requests made by lp. (see lp(1)). Any arguments that are not options are assumed to be request-IDs as returned by lp. The lpstat command prints the status of such requests. options may appear in any order and may be repeated and intermixed with other arguments. Some key letters may be followed by an optional list that can be in one of two forms: a list of items separated from one another by a comma, or a list of items separated from one another by spaces enclosed in quotes. For example:

example% lpstat -u "user1 user2 user3"

Specifying all after any key letter that takes list as an argument causes all information relevant to the key letter to be printed. For example, the command:

example% lpstat -o all

prints the status of all output requests.

The omission of a list following such key letters causes all information relevant to the key letter to be printed. For example, the command:

example% lpstat -o

prints the status of all output requests.

The print client commands locate destination information using the "printers" database in the name service switch. See nsswitch.conf(4), printers(4), and printers.conf(4) for details.

The following options are supported on all platforms.

-d

Prints the default destination for output requests.

-o [list]

Prints the status of output requests. list is a list of intermixed printer names, class names, and request-IDs. The key letter -o may be omitted. Specify printer and class names using atomic, POSIX-style (server:destination), or Federated Naming Service (FNS) (.../service/printer/...) names. See printers.conf(4) for information regarding the naming conventions for atomic and FNS names, and standards(5) for information regarding POSIX.

-r

Prints the status of the LP request scheduler.

-R

Prints a number showing the position of each request in the print queue.

-s

Prints a status summary, including the status of the LP scheduler, the default destination, a list of printers and their associated devices, a list of the machines sharing print services, a list of all forms currently mounted, and a list of all recognized character sets and print wheels.

-t

Prints all status information. This includes all the information obtained with the -s option, plus the acceptance and idle/busy status of all printers.

-u [login-ID-list]

Prints the status of output requests for users. The login-ID-list argument may include any or all of the following constructs:

login-ID

a user on any system

system_name!login-ID

a user on system system_name

system_name!all

all users on system system_name

all!login-ID

a user on all systems

all

all users on all systems

-v [list]

Prints the names of printers and the path names of the devices associated with them or remote system names for network printers. list is a list of printer names.

The following options return accurate results only if they are issued from a Solaris 2.6 Operating Environment or compatible version of the LP print server.

-a [list]

Reports whether print destinations are accepting requests. list is a list of intermixed printer names and class names.

-c [list]

Prints name of all classes and their members. list is a list of class names.

-f [list] [-l]

Prints a verification that the forms in list are recognized by the LP print service. list is a list of forms; the default is all. The -l option will list the form descriptions.

-p [list] [-D] [-l]

Prints the status of printers. list is a list of printer names. If the -D option is given, a brief description is printed for each printer in list. If the -l option is given and the printer is on the local machine, a full description of each printer's configuration is returned, including the form mounted, the acceptable content and printer types, a printer description, and the interface used.

-S [list] [-l]

Prints a verification that the character sets or the print wheels specified in list are recognized by the LP print service. Items in list can be character sets or print wheels; the default for the list is all. If the -l option is given, each line is appended by a list of printers that can handle the print wheel or character set. The list also shows whether the print wheel or character set is mounted, or specifies the built-in character set into which it maps.

-d

Prints the default destination for output requests.

-o [list]

Prints the status of output requests. list is a list of intermixed printer names, class names, and request-IDs. The key letter -o may be omitted.

-r

Prints the status of the LP request scheduler.

-R

Prints a number showing the position of each request in the print queue.

-s

Prints a status summary, including the status of the LP scheduler, the default destination, a list of printers and their associated devices, a list of the machines sharing print services, a list of all forms currently mounted, and a list of all recognized character sets and print wheels.

-t

Prints all status information. This includes all the information obtained with the -s option, plus the acceptance and idle/busy status of all printers.

-u [login-ID-list]

Prints the status of output requests for users. The login-ID-list argument may include any or all of the following constructs:

login-ID

a user on any system

system_name!login-ID

a user on system system_name

system_name!all

all users on system system_name

all!login-ID

a user on all systems

all

all users on all systems

-v [list]

Prints the names of printers and the path names of the devices associated with them or remote system names for network printers. list is a list of printer names.

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

non-zero

An error occurred.

/var/spool/print/*

LP print queue.

$HOME/.printers

User-configurable printer database.

/etc/printers.conf

System configuration database.

printers.conf.byname

NIS version of /etc/printers.conf.

printers.org_dir

NIS+ version of /etc/printers.conf.

fns.ctx_dir.domain

FNS version of /etc/printers.conf.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

cancel(1), lp(1), lpq(1B), lpr(1B), lprm(1B), nsswitch.conf(4), printers( 4), printers.conf(4), attributes(5), standards(5)