Checking the status of a print job (SMIT)
You can use the smit command to check the status of a print job.
- For local print jobs, the printer must be physically attached to your system or, in the case of a network printer, attached and configured on the network.
- For remote print jobs, your system must be configured to communicate with the remote print server.
You can display the current status information for specified job numbers, queues, printers, or users. To check a print job's status using SMIT, type:
smit qchk
Print queue status conditions
Item | Description |
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DEV_BUSY | Indicates that:
To recover from a DEV_BUSY, wait until the queue or application has released the printer device, or cancel the job or process that is using the printer port. |
DEV_WAIT | Indicates that the queue is waiting on the printer
because the printer is offline, out of paper, jammed, or the cable
is loose, bad, or wired incorrectly. To recover from a DEV_WAIT, correct the problem that caused it to wait. It might be easier for diagnostic testing to use the enq command to move all queued jobs from the DEV_WAIT queue to another queue that is either printing or is DOWN. After the problem is corrected, you can move any unprinted job back to the original queue. |
DOWN | A queue usually goes into a DOWN state after
it has been in the DEV_WAIT state. This situation occurs when
the printer device driver cannot tell if the printer is there because
of absence of correct signaling. However, some printers might not
have the capability to signal the queuing system that they are offline,
and they instead send signals that they are off. If the printer device
signals or appears to be off, the queue will go into the DOWN state.
To recover from a DOWN state, correct the problem that brought the queue down and have the system administrator bring the queue back up. The queue must be manually brought up before it can be used again. |
HELD | Specifies that a print job is held. The print job cannot be processed by the spooler until it is released. |
QUEUED | Specifies that a print file is queued and is waiting in line to be printed. |
READY | Specifies that everything involved with the queue is ready to queue and print a job. |
RUNNING | Specifies that a print file is printing. |