NAME

lpana − print LP spooler performance analysis information

SYNOPSIS

lpana [−ddest]

DESCRIPTION

lpana prints information about the current performance of the LP line printer system for use by system administrators when determining how to configure the entire spooler system for optimum operation. 

One option is supported:

−ddest Choose dest as the printer or the class of printers.  If dest is a printer, the performance analysis information is printed on that specific printer.  If dest is a class of printers, the performance analysis information is printed on the printers that are members of the class.  By default, lpana prints the performance analysis information for all printers and/or classes. 

lpana examines /usr/spool/lp/lpana.log for the following items:

Wait AV Average waiting time from when job is spooled until start of printing. 

Wait SD Standard Deviation for waiting time. 

Print AV Average printing time from start to end of job. 

Print SD Standard Deviation for printing time. 

Bytes AV Average of number of bytes printed per request. 

Bytes SD Standard Deviation for number of bytes. 

Sum KB Sum of bytes printed for all requests (in Kbytes). 

Num of Requests
Total number of requests since logging started.

HP Clustered Environment

In the HP Clustered Environment, all spooling is handled as if the cluster nodes were a single system and all printers attached to either the cluster server or clients can be available.  Remote spooling applies to spooling from or to machines outside of the cluster nodes. 

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

Environment Variables

LANG determines the language in which messages are displayed. 

International Code Set Support

Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported. 

WARNINGS

lpana performs its operation on the local system (or HP cluster) only. 

AUTHOR

lpana was developed by HP. 

FILES

/usr/spool/lp/lpana.log

SEE ALSO

lp(1), lpstat(1), lpadmin(1M), lpsched(1M). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 8.05: June 1991