Name

       papstatus — get the status of an AppleTalk-connected printer

Synopsis

       papstatus [-d] [-p printer] [retrytime]

Description

       papstatus  is  used to obtain the current status message from an AppleTalk connected printer. It uses the
       Printer Access Protocol (PAP) to obtain the status information.

       If no printer is specified on the command line, papstatus looks for a file called .paprc in  the  current
       directory  and  reads it to obtain the name of a printer. The .paprc file should contain a single line of
       the form object:type@zone where each of object, :type, and @zone are optional.  type  and  zone  must  be
       proceeded  by  `:’ and `@’ respectively. Blank lines and lines the begin with a `#’ are ignored. type and
       zone default to LaserWriter and the zone of the local host, respectively.

Options

       -d

              Turns on a debugging mode that prints some extra information to standard error.

       -p printer

              Get status from printer (do not consult any .paprc files to find a printer name). The  syntax  for
              printer is the same as discussed above for the .paprc file.

       retrytime

              Normally,  papstatus  only  gets  the status from the printer once. If retrytime is specified, the
              status is obtained repeatedly, with a sleep of retrytime seconds between inquiring the printer.

Files

       .paprc

              file that contains printer name

See Also

       nbp(1), pap(1)

Author

       Contributors to the Netatalk Project (https://netatalk.io/contributors)

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