hi,
we have something similar:
http://www.desy.de/cgi-bin/lpstat.sh
regards
~Christoph
Dan Kirkpatrick schrieb:
>
> 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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