> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 1 07:54:29 2002
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:21:45 -0500
> From: Joseph Formoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: LPRng mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: LPRng: Jobs being sent to stalled printers.
>
> Folks,
>
> This morning, our Operations staff found both of our HP8100's
> had console errors. As a result, it appears that any jobs submitted
> after the errors appeared got dumped off the queue.
>
> I would really like it if, when the printers stopped accepting
> jobs (due to paper jams, etc.) that the jobs that were in the queues
> *stayed* in the queues until the problem got cleared. Is there any way
> to set up the config so that happens? I feel that I must be missing
> something pretty basic.
>
> In any case, the two 8100s are pooled; the relevant chunk of our
> printcap file is thus:
Set the 'send_try' value to 0. This will have the effect or infinitely
repeating trying to send a job.
This is the good news.
The bad news is that if a job has a problem and the printer dies a horrible
death, then it will get repeatedly sent.
One of the other problems is that some printers will accept a connection
when they have a jam, but then do not accept any data to be processed...
This means you can connect but not print... Like I said, try the following
and see if it does what you want:
laser|las|ps|lps|hp8100pool:\
:send_try=0
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> laser|las|ps|lps|hp8100pool:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100pool:\
> :sv=hp8100a,hp8100b
>
> hp8100a|first:\
> :rw:\
> :mx=0:\
> :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\
> :lp=foo1.bar.baz%9100:\
> :af=hp.acct:\
> :lf=hp.log:\
> :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
> :ifhp=model=hp8100:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100a:\
> :ss=hp8100pool
>
> hp8100b|second:\
> :rw:\
> :mx=0:\
> :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\
> :lp=foo2.bar.baz%9100:\
> :af=hp.acct:\
> :lf=hp.log:\
> :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
> :ifhp=model=hp8100:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100b:\
> :ss=hp8100pool
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Many thanks for any assistance.
>
>
> --Joe
>
>
> -----
> Joe Formoso ([EMAIL PROTECTED]),
> Senior Systems Administrator, IT Department, Stevens Institute of Technology
>
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