<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cups-printable.css"> <title>lpq(1)</title> </head> <body> <h1 class="title">lpq(1)</h1> <h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> lpq - show printer queue status <h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2> <b>lpq </b>[ -E ] [ -U <i>username </i>] [ -h <i>server[:port] </i>] [ -P <i>destination[/instance] </i>] [ -a ] [ -l ] [ <i>+interval </i>] <h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> <i>lpq</i> shows the current print queue status on the named printer. Jobs queued on the default destination will be shown if no printer or class is specified on the command-line. <p>The <i>+interval</i> option allows you to continuously report the jobs in the queue until the queue is empty; the list of jobs is shown once every <i>interval</i> seconds. <h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2> <i>lpq</i> supports the following options: <dl> <dt>-E </dt> <dd></dd> <dd>Forces encryption when connecting to the server. </dd> <dt>-P destination[/instance] </dt> <dd></dd> <dd>Specifies an alternate printer or class name. </dd> <dt>-U username </dt> <dd></dd> <dd>Specifies an alternate username. </dd> <dt>-a </dt> <dd></dd> <dd>Reports jobs on all printers. </dd> <dt>-h server[:port] </dt> <dd></dd> <dd>Specifies an alternate server. </dd> <dt>-l </dt> <dd></dd> <dd>Requests a more verbose (long) reporting format. </dd> </dl> <h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> <a href='man-cancel.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>cancel(1)</a>, <a href='man-lp.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lp(1)</a>, <a href='man-lpr.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lpr(1)</a>, <a href='man-lprm.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lprm(1)</a>, <a href='man-lpstat.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lpstat(1)</a>, <br> <a href='http://localhost:631/help'>http://localhost:631/help</a> <h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc. </body> </html>