----- Original Message -----
From: "rotaiv" <rotaiv@[...].com> 
To: <perl-win32-admin@[...].com> 
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: PERL on W2K


>  Does anyone know how to check the status of a networked printer
using perl?
> 
>  We have several networked printers that stop working for some
unknown
>  reasons and in order to fix them, we have to delete the port on
the NT
>  server, re-add the port then re-connect the printer again.
> 
>  I would like to write a script that can monitor the printers
and when the
>  printer status is "unavailable" send an alert to our
administrators.
> 

First, don't reply to one thread and change the subject without
changing the subject line.  Bad manners.

Do you want to monitor the status of the printer, the
communication interface, or the print queue.

If printer, use snmp modules (if HP printers use the webjetadmin
program which does all this for you [using snmp]).

If the interface, use Net::Ping.  If not IP, shoot yourself now.

If print queue, well the queue doesn't really have a status, use
the win32::Service or Win32::Lanman module to check the status of
the spooler service.


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