The sp-status command displays the status of all spooler-controlled devices.
sp-status {options}
| options | printer.number {-printer.number} | Designates a specific printer, or range of printers, to display, and must be between 0 and the maximum printer number, inclusive. |
| b | Outputs status of all printers, allocated and unallocated. | |
| n | No pause; suppresses pause at the end of the page on the terminal display. | |
| p | Directs output to the system printer, via the spooler. |
If no options are specified, the status of the spooler and all allocated printers displays. The printer status may be one of the following:
| active | Printer is currently printing a report. |
| inactive | Printer is currently idle. |
| stopped | Printer has been stopped with a stopptr command, or is set to stop once it becomes idle. |
| unallocated | Printer has never been started, or has been deleted from the spooler with an sp-kill command using the delete option. The printer may be started again with the startptr command. |
sp-status The spooler is inactive. Printer # 0 is serial, inactive, and on line. The printer is running on line 13. Assigned output queues: 0. The number of inter-job pages to eject is 1.