Have you investigated lpinfo?
http://www.komar.org/pres/lpinfo/
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From: Dan Kirkpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 8:27 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LPRng: OT: Web printer status summary?
Has anyone thought to put some of the output into a web page for the users?
We have 3 different platforms and 3 different types of printers. I thought
of having a "one stop shop" place for users to see how the queues are in
case they are looking for their job.
In the very simplest form, it would be a link to a cgi-bin that does a lpq
-t
A "rough" example is at http://www.physics.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printstatus2
but it's a bit messy for users to read. Just adding some linefeeds and
bold would help.
2nd attempt at http://www.physics.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printstatus3
Maybe even make it a bit more user friendly, allowing them to click on the
printer they want more status on, and even be able to cancel their jobs...
after having them fill in user/password in a web form.
Of course this is all open to discussion (offline) for security / user
trustworthiness, etc... that set aside... it would be a page only
accessible from our local access only intranet.
I wondered if anyone has developed anything similar... as to not "re-invent
the wheel"
Thanks,
Dan
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Dan Kirkpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Manager
Department of Physics
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
http://www.physics.syr.edu/~dkirk Fax:(315) 443-9103
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