[SLUG] Stopping printing if printer is off

[Andy Eager <eagera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

A question regarding printing with lpd.

I notice that when a job is spooled to the lpd when the printer is 
switched off, that lpd treats the printer as being ready to go.  The 
acct file shows the job as being started and completed in a very short 
space of time.

There is no problem if the printer is powered on but offline.

I seem to remember that a switched off printer looked electrically like 
one that was ready to go (busy line ??)

Is there any way to stop this behaviour ?

Regards,

Andrew E.