> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 1 01:16:49 2002 > From: "Jackson Shea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: LPRng: job files not removed. > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:54:17 -0800 > > On Dec 22, you posted an announcement of LPRng 3.8.4 and ifhp 3.5.2. In it, > you mentioned: > > "Finally, as you might suspect, I have been doing an IPP implementation > for LPRng. I want this to be 'seamless' and to not require a total redo > of everything. To accomodate some of the IPP requirements, I have added > the following: > a) Jobs being sent to the print queue will be 'visible' while > they are arriving. You will see them with a 'incoming' status. > b) Jobs will not be removed for a while. This allows the IPP status > stuff to get status in a reasonable way." > > I was wondering how long is "a while." I redirected a queue over to my test > server running 3.8.5 and in spite of the lpd.conf settings: > > done_jobs= 5 > done_jobs_max_age= 600 > > there are now 77 sets of job [config, data, and header] files sitting in the > queue directory, and they are over 24 hours old. When will these get
Hmmm.... these should not be there. > removed, or did I miss a configuration parameter. We're not planning on > implementing IPP in the near future and so is there a way to disable this > new requirement in LPRng? Set done_jobs=1 (or 0) > > We have also seen a problem with a Lexmark w810 which when hit with high > volume, loses network connectivity. Could there be a way to throttle jobs > that we're not implementing properly? Yes, but get Lexmark to fix it first. This is a PRINTER issue. The 'connect_grace' option can be used to space out jobs. connect_grace=10 will delay sending the next job for 10 seconds. > > Finally, we had another anomaly with a different Lexmark w810 that stopped > outputing Win2K Professional boxes configured using Lpr [TCP/IP windows > printing] but was able to print from Macs and unix servers just fine. > Hmm... wierd. > thanks in advance. > > jackson shea > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > sr. unix admin > portland state university Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
