lpq should do what you want. Will show all print queues and their status for example, my wireless printer returns
_3500_4500_Series_<MAC:002000148b45> is ready no entries no entries of course meaning that there are no queued documents. I didn't try shutting my printer down to see if the status would change though, so your mileage may vary. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Peter Brigham MD <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for the shell command that would include in its output > something that would identify a printer that is currently wirelessly > connected to my MacBook. I can use shell("ioreg") to get info on a printer > connected via USB (after some parsing), but my wireless printer connection > doesn't show up in the ioreg listing. What command can I use to see how the > system identifies a wireless printer? I need to be able to confirm before > printing from a stack that the wireless connection to the printer is up and > running. > > If it matters, the wireless connection is not a Bonjour connection -- it's > a PC wireless network. I can print fine using the printer, so the connection > is good, and functional. > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > [email protected] > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig <http://home.comcast.net/%7Epmbrig> > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
