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From: erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: HELP!!  lpc status giving back wrong status
Message-ID: <54447@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 91 18:03:13 GMT
References: <54406@apple.Apple.COM> <1991Jun28.001424.3993@am.dsir.govt.nz>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Jun28.001424.3993@am.dsir.govt.nz> sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz writes:

>lpc never talks to the printer. So it can't tell that the printer is not

Not quite.  Try pulling your paper tray out of your printer, then queue up a
job to the printer.  lpc stat will report that the tray is missing.

This only works on an AppleTalk printer.
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