Using
Abbreviations
for
A
ttribute
Names
and
V
alues
Querying
for
Supervisor
Information
This
section
describ es
ho
w
to
query
for
the
v
alues
of
attributes
that
reect
the
state
of
and
information
ab out
HPDPS
sup ervisors
and
the
asso
ciations
b et
w
een
the
sup ervisor
and
other
HPDPS
ob
jects.
Y
ou
can
query
for
sup ervisor
information
in
resp onse
to
notication
messages
that
indicate
a
problem
with
either
the
sup ervisor
or
a
ph
ysical
prin
ter.
Because
the
sup ervisor
con
trols
the
ph
ysical
prin
ter,
problems
with
a
ph
ysical
prin
ter
can
b e
caused
b
y
problems
with
the
sup ervisor
in
whic
h
the
ph
ysical
prin
ter
resides.
Querying
for
the
State
of
a
Specific
Supervisor
The
v
alue
of
the
non-settable
server-state
sup ervisor
attribute
indicates
the
state
of
the
sup ervisor.
Y
ou
can
query
the
state
of
the
sup ervisor
if
y
ou
receiv
e
a
notication
message
ab out
a
problem
in
the
sup ervisor
or
a
message
that
indicates
the
sup ervisor
has
started
to
terminate.
Y
ou
can
query
the
sup ervisor
if
jobs
are
b eing
rejected
b ecause
no
ph
ysical
prin
ters
are
a
v
ailable
to
supp ort
the
jobs;
the
sup ervisor
could
b e
do
wn
and
the
sp o oler
can
no
longer
comm
unicate
with
it.
F
or
example,
to
query
for
the
state
of
the
sup ervisor
Super1 ,
en
ter:
pdls
-c
server
Super1
HPDPS
displays
information
similar
to
the
following:
Server
State
Type
------
-----
----------
Super1
ready
supervisor
The
server-state
attribute
is
one
of
the
predened
attributes
of
the
brief
option
of
the
-r
ag
for
the
pdls
command.
The
default
for
the
-r
ag
is
brief ;
therefore,
the
command
y
ou
en
tered
in
this
example
is
equiv
alen
t
to
en
tering:
pdls
-c
server
-r
brief
Super1
If
the
sup ervisor
is
not
running,
HPDPS
issues
a
message
that
it
cannot
comm
unicate
with
the
serv
er.
See
\Restarting
the
Sup ervisor
After
it
has
b een
Sh
ut
Down".
10-8
Managing
Supervisors
and
Physical
Printers
