diff --git a/printer/mock_printer.py b/printer/mock_printer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68443ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/printer/mock_printer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import time
+import logging
+
+class MockPrinter():
+    _instance = None
+    _current_print_id_num = 0
+    _current_time_left = 10
+    _jobs = {}
+    _queue = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def instance(cls):
+        if cls._instance is None:
+            cls._instance = cls.__new__(cls)
+        return cls._instance
+    
+    def get_job_status(self, id: str) -> str:
+        if id in self._jobs:
+            return self._jobs[id]
+        else:
+            return "PRINTED"
+    
+    def remove_job(self, id: str) -> None:
+        if id in self._jobs:
+            self._jobs.pop(id)
+
+    def lp(self) -> str:
+        print_id = "HP_LaserJet_p2015dn_Right-" + str(self._current_print_id_num)
+        self._current_print_id_num += 1
+        self._jobs[print_id] = "PENDING"
+        self._queue.append(print_id)
+        return print_id
+
+    def update(self) -> None:
+        while True: 
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+            if self._queue.__len__() == 0:
+                continue
+
+            if (self._current_time_left > 0):
+                self._current_time_left -= 1
+                continue
+
+            self._jobs[self._queue[0]] = "PRINTED"
+            self._queue.pop(0)
+            self._current_time_left = 10
+
+    def log(self) -> None:
+        logging.info("-----------------")
+        logging.info(f"jobs: {self._jobs}")
+        logging.info(f"queue: {self._queue}")
diff --git a/printer/server.py b/printer/server.py
index 17838312..431b37e6 100644
--- a/printer/server.py
+++ b/printer/server.py
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
 import uuid
 import collector
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, File, Form, HTTPException, UploadFile
+from fastapi import FastAPI, File, Form, HTTPException, UploadFile, Body
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse
 import prometheus_client
 import uvicorn
 
 from metrics import MetricsHandler
+from mock_printer import MockPrinter
 
 
 metrics_handler = MetricsHandler.instance()
+mock_printer = MockPrinter.instance()
 app = FastAPI()
 
 app.add_middleware(
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ def send_file_to_printer(
         logging.warning(
             f"server is in development mode, command would've been `{command}`"
         )
-        return None
+        return mock_printer.lp()
 
     print_job = subprocess.Popen(
         command,
@@ -173,9 +175,9 @@ async def read_item(
     """
     incoming request to print looks like
     {
-      "file": file data
-      "copies": integer or whatever, we insert this into the lp command,
-      "sides": string value from user input on clark frontend; we insert this into the lp command,
+        "file": file data
+        "copies": integer or whatever, we insert this into the lp command,
+        "sides": string value from user input on clark frontend; we insert this into the lp command,
     }
     """
     try:
@@ -202,6 +204,17 @@ async def read_item(
             detail="printing failed, check logs",
         )
 
+@app.get("/status/")
+async def status(id: str = ''):
+    logging.info(id)
+    if args.development:
+        mock_printer.log()
+        status = mock_printer.get_job_status(id)
+
+        if (status == "PRINTED"):
+            mock_printer.remove_job(id)
+
+        return {"status": status}
 
 # we have a separate __name__ check here due to how FastAPI starts
 # a server. the file is first ran (where __name__ == "__main__")
@@ -212,6 +225,13 @@ async def read_item(
 # the thread interacts with an instance different than the one the
 # server uses
 if __name__ == "server":
+    if args.development:
+        mock_printer_upd_thread = threading.Thread(
+            target=mock_printer.update,
+            daemon=True
+        )
+        mock_printer_upd_thread.start()
+
     if not args.development:
         # set the last time we opened an ssh tunnel to now because
         # when the script runs for the first time, we did so in what.sh