Tool

This script is created to discover STOPPED printers in the CUPS system. Broken printers at a large enterprise could be a common problem. When CUPS cannot connect to the unit for a while (because somebody turned it off) it disables the
unit's queue automatically.

Instructions:

1. Download the package (includes the script and the crontab fragment)
2. copy the script to /usr/local/sbin
3. copy the crontab fragment to /etc/cron.d (may need cron restart)
4. set up an email alias on the cups server for yourself so messages sent to root will end up in your inbox