FWIW,
If the queue is local or you use IPP to talk to the print server,
the accepting state information should be reported correctly. I have
filed bug
6533900 lpstat should tell the same lies as it always has
to track this.
-Norm
Andrew Watkins wrote:
>> The information used to determine if a remote queue
>> is accepting doesn't
>> come across the wire when you query a system using
>> rfc1179. Sometimes,
>> you can infer it, but not always. In the past we
>> simply lied to the
>> users and told them that the queue was accepting.
>> Perhaps we should
>> continue with that lie.
>>
>
> What ever option we go for I guess a better message for clients is needed,
> since
> % lpstat -a printername
> ps133 not accepting requests since Tue Mar 13 14:19:35 2007
> unknown reason
>
> Is giving the wrong information in one way or another (best not to give any
> thing than the wrong information)
>
>
