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description
Hpstat lists information about a printer.
what is it used for?
Hpstat is useful for diagnosing why a printer isn't printing
(it indicates paper-jams, low toner, etc.) or checking the
status of a printer (online, ready, paper-jam, internal
error, user maintenance, etc).
What to check for? Does it:
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read READY and Online in the Status
Display and System State fields.
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know its ip
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syslog to neobank
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have neobank and bank in its access list
hpstat <printer-hostname> examples
healthy examples
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bmgt-hp3
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example of a printer that isn't configured via bootp
z:~% hpstat bmgt-hp3.umd.edu
initializing MIB...done
bmgt-hp3.umd.edu (): up 00w 0d 09h 55m 14.98s (3571498)
Status Display: 00 READY Job: Source:
System State: Online (printing)
Gen. status:
Config by: FRONTPANEL
0 Access list entries:
Reconfig OFF protos 770000fe
z:~%
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pg2-hp1
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example of an hp5
ros:~% hpstat pg2-hp1
initializing MIB...done
pg2-hp1 (pg2-hp1.wam.umd.edu): up 01w 6d 19h 43m 40.78s (119422078)
PG2 WAM Lab
Status Display: READY Job: Source:
System State: Online (ready to print)
Gen. status:
Config by: HP5_BOOTP
BOOTP Config (from 128.8.70.9), file from 128.8.73.1, logging to 128.8.10.69
2 Access list entries:
128.8.10.32 255.255.255.255
128.8.10.69 255.255.255.255
Reconfig OFF protos 770000fe
ros:~%
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cscpc-hp1
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example of an hp4
ros:~% hpstat cscpc-hp1
initializing MIB...done
cscpc-hp1 (cscpc-hp1.wam.umd.edu): up 00w 0d 00h 19m 47.70s (118770)
CSC WAM Lab
Status Display: 00 READY Job: Source:
System State: Online (ready to print)
Gen. status:
Config by: BOOTP
BOOTP Config (from 128.8.70.9), file from 128.8.78.1, logging to 128.8.10.69
2 Access list entries:
128.8.10.32 255.255.255.255
128.8.10.69 255.255.255.255
Reconfig OFF protos 7700000c
ros:~%
pathological examples
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printer not turned on
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example where the printer is not turned on or is completely
isolated from us.
ros:~% hpstat bmgt-hp3
initializing MIB...done
Can't open connection to host bmgt-hp3 at /usr/local/scripts/hpstat line 49.
can also use ping
ros:~% ping bmgt-hp3.umd.edu
no answer from bmgt-hp3.umd.edu
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bootp problem
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example where printer is having trouble during the bootp
process
neobank:~% hpstat educ-hp1.umd.edu
initializing MIB...done
educ-hp1.umd.edu (educ-hp1.umd.edu): up 00w 0d 20h 44m 46.64s (7468664)
Status Display: 00 READY Job: Source:
System State: Online (TFTP config file fetch from 127.0.0.1 failed with TFTP error 0: "Retransmits exceeded")
Gen. status:
Config by: BOOTP
BOOTP Config (from 127.0.0.1), file from 129.2.20.1, logging to 128.8.10.69
0 Access list entries:
Reconfig OFF protos 770000fe
z:~%
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low toner problem
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Printer is offline due to low toner.
neobank:~% hpstat pg2-hp2
initializing MIB...done
pg2-hp2 (pg2-hp2.wam.umd.edu): up 00w 3d 18h 06m 06.36s (32436636)
PG2 WAM Lab
Status Display: TONER LOW Job: Source:
System State: Online (toner/ink low)
Gen. status: OFFLINE Intervention Required TONER_LOW
Config by: HP5_BOOTP
BOOTP Config (from 128.8.70.9), file from 128.8.73.1, logging to 128.8.10.69
2 Access list entries:
128.8.10.32 255.255.255.255
128.8.10.69 255.255.255.255
Reconfig OFF protos 770000fe
neobank:~%
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