<!DOCTYPE HTML> <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> [ <b>-E</b> ] [ <b>-U</b> <i>username</i> ] [ <b>-h </b><i>server</i>[<b>:</b><i>port</i>] ] [ <b>-P </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] ] [ <b>-a</b> ] [ <b>-l</b> ] [ <b>+</b><i>interval</i> ] <h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> <b>lpq</b> 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> <b>lpq</b> supports the following options: <dl class="man"> <dt><b>-E</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Forces encryption when connecting to the server. <dt><b>-P </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate printer or class name. <dt><b>-U </b><i>username</i> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate username. <dt><b>-a</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Reports jobs on all printers. <dt><b>-h </b><i>server</i>[<b>:</b><i>port</i>] <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies an alternate server. <dt><b>-l</b> <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Requests a more verbose (long) reporting format. </dl> <h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> <a href="man-cancel.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cancel</b>(1),</a> <a href="man-lp.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lp</b>(1),</a> <a href="man-lpr.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpr</b>(1),</a> <a href="man-lprm.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lprm</b>(1),</a> <a href="man-lpstat.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpstat</b>(1),</a> CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) <h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> Copyright © 2007-2014 by Apple Inc. </body> </html>