On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:16:28 -0500 Rick Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What are the other pros and cons of using lpr vs port 9100 to send print jobs to > printers? You'll never get any page accounting information back via an LPR connection. Once that job is off to the printer, there is no status query available in the LPD protocol. Now, you might be able to come up with some scripts using SNMP or other mechanisms to interrogate the printer as to whether it is finished printing or not. Not for the weak-of-heart. -- ============================================================================ John Perkins | University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Researcher | Department of Computer Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1210 W. Dayton St. 608-262-0438/608-262-9997 FAX | Madison, WI 53706-1685 ============================================================================ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
