How to Determine If Printer is Offline from Terminal?

My printer is connected via USB, but the device it powered off. In System Preferences -> Printers & Scanners, the printer has a red dot with "Offline" as its status.
How can I obtain a printer's "online/offline" status from Terminal?
lpstat -s reports:
system default destination: Canon_iP4200_2
device for Canon_iP4200_2: usb://Canon/iP4200?serial=306DD0
lpstat -p reports:
printer Canon_iP4200_2 is idle. enabled since Thu Nov 7 09:36:45 2013
So the printer is idle, but it is also "offline". How do I see the "offline" part in Terminal?

Hi Larry
You can use this command to list the status in terminal
lpstat -p
You will get a list of all the printers and for an offline one like this it will be on the next line from the current job status
printer Samsung_ML_1510_700 now printing Samsung_ML_1510_700-131. enabled since Wed 18 Dec 15:41:11 2013
The printer is offline.
For normal ones you get this
printer Peninsula_Port_2_Datamax is idle.
And for disabled ones this
printer I4208 disabled since Thu 27 Jun 16:56:31 2013
Regards
Guy
www.peninsula-group.com

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