Apple Mac OS X Server manual Viewing Print Service Log Files, Viewing Cover Pages

Viewing Print Service Log Files

You can use tail or any other file-listing tool to view the contents of the print service logs.

To view the latest entries in a log:

$ tail log-file

The following are the log files for the Print Service:

Â/var/log/cups/error_log (CUPS general message log)

Â/var/log/cups/access_log (CUPS access log)

Â/var/log/cups/page_log (CUPS page log)

Â/Library/Logs/PrintService/PrintService.admin.log (Server Admin Print log: logs all Print administrative actions issued from Server Admin)

Â/Library/Logs/atprintd/<queue-id>.spool.log (AppleTalk spool logs—1 per shared AppleTalk queue)

You can use the serveradmin getLogPaths command to see where the current logs are located.

To display the log paths:

$ sudo serveradmin command print:command = getLogPaths

The computer responds with the following output:

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:0:name = "Print Service Admin log"

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:0:path = "/Library/Logs/PrintService/

PrintService_admin.log"

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:1:name = "CUPS: error_log"

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:1:path = "/var/log/cups/error_log"

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:2:name = "CUPS: access_log"

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:2:path = "/var/log/cups/access_log"

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:3:name = "CUPS: page_log"

print:logPathsArray:_array_index:3:path = "/var/log/cups/page_log"

Viewing Cover Pages

To obtain a list of available cover pages:

$ sudo serveradmin settings print:coverPageNames

This returns a read-only list of permitted values for this setting. The value “none” is not listed as a cover page name, but is used to disable the cover page feature for the selected print queue.

Chapter 10 Working with the Print Service

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