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Chapter 14 Printer Monitoring And Logging
Printer Monitoring And Logging
One of the key aspects of maintaining a computing environment is monitoring
printer status and logging this information to useful places. The NIC allows
this through its built-in HTML forms, command set, SNMP traps, e-mail alerts,
and logpaths.
Printer And Print Job Monitoring
To view the current status of an I/O port on the NIC, you can use either Telnet
or a Web browser as follows:
Telnet
Using Telnet, enter the lpstat command directly on the print server (after
you have logged in as
guest or root).
Web Browser
Using a Web browser, select the desired I/O port on the “Status” HTML form
that comes with theNIC:
http://P5000LJIPaddress/indexStatus.html
(e.g.,
http://192.75.11.9/indexStatus.html).
Whether using Telnet or a Web browser, you are given a description of each
I/O port status and a list of queued jobs. Table 17 describes some of the
common terms you may encounter.
Table 17. Key Printer Logging Terms
Term Description
idle There is no job queued for the NIC I/O port.
blocked The printer is not allowing the NIC to send data to it. If this
condition persists, check that there is not a printer error and
that the printer is online and ready to go.
waiting The NIC knows about a print job but is waiting for the host to
send more data or to send an expected packet.