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Viewing "lpstat" output when there are other users printing

lpstat can show information on all jobs in the printer queue, not just your own jobs.

/> disable Sales                                                    
printer "Sales" now disabled                                        

/> lp -dSales /etc/passwd                                           
request id is Sales-2 (1 file)                                      

/> lpstat -t                                                        
scheduler is running                                                
system default destination: Sales                                   
device for Sales: /dev/lp0 
Sales accepting requests since Wed Apr 15 21:01:36 1998             
printer Sales disabled since Sat Apr 18 15:41:49 1998. available.   
        unknown reason                                              
Sales-2                 root               937   Apr 18 15:41


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