best way to check cups-spooler

[Arno Lehmann]

Hi,

13.03.2008 07:24, Ralf Prengel wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> I ve to check a printwerver with about 50 printers.
> What is the best way to check
> a)
> health and connectivity of the printers
> b)
> if jobs are hanging
> 
> Thanks for hints

If this is CUPS, I'd write wrapper scripts around lpq and a text-mode 
web browser (or curl, or whatever perl/python/php library you like) to 
query the web interface for the printer states.

nagiosexchange.org also has some cups-related plugins...

Arno

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Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
www.its-lehmann.de

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