lpstat

Show status information about printers. tldr-pages

On macOS

Several platforms

List all queued print jobs

List printers present on the machine and whether they are enabled for printing

lpstat -pIdentify

Show the default printer

lpstat -dIdentify

Display all available status information

lpstat -tIdentify

List print jobs queued by a specific user

lpstat -u userIdentify

Display what devices the printers are attached to

lpstat -vIdentify

Display status information about the current classes, jobs, and printers.

Show a long listing of printers, classes, and jobs

lpstat -lIdentify

Force encryption when connecting to the CUPS server

lpstat -EIdentify

Show the ranking of print jobs

lpstat -RIdentify

Show whether or not the CUPS server is running

lpstat -rIdentify

Show all status information

lpstat -tIdentify