I don't know it it's related, but I used to have problems with printers
connected to JetDirect when I was using them with NetWare servers. The
JetDirects seemed to crash every few days - the only way around it was
to reboot the JetDirect cards (unplug, wait a few secs, then plug back
in). Once this was done, all the queued jobs came spewing out...
Sound familiar?
Ozz.
Jason Bachman wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> I am having some trouble with the lpd daemon. I am using lpd to print to
> several (3) HP Laserjet printers that are connected to our LAN with
> jetdirect cards. Everything seems to work find for a few days, but
> eventually the printers stop printing when jobs are sent to them. If I do a
> 'lpq -Pprinter'
> It will say "Warning: no daemon present". Then if I do a 'ps ax | grep lpd'
> I can see the lpd process running. If I kill lpd then restart it, sometimes
> it works and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesnt't work, I have to kill
> lpd again, wait about 5 minutes, then start it and it usually comes back and
> starts printing what was sent to the queue.
>
> Most jobs are sent to the queue from WinNT machines and Samba.
> There are a few jobs sent to the queues from other linux machines but the
> bulk of the jobs are from WinNT workstations.
>
> Does anybody have an idea or two of what I can check? Thanks.
>
> Mandrake 6.1
> lpr-0.46-1mdk
>
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> Jason Bachman
> Information Systems Manager
> Hiestand Supply Company
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
