On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Patrick Powell wrote:
> For example:
> send_failure_action=|/usr/libexec/filters/check_printer_for_status
> ...
> You should now be able to 'check the printer' for activity.
>
> I suggest a quick hack to:
>
> a) send email to the operator on duty
>
> b) periodically poll the printer
>
> c) when the operator does not respond, or the printer is
> offline for a reasonable time (???) exit with JABORT
>
> The printer will now stay offline until it is restarted
> Note: output on STDERR is put into the status log file and
> can be viewed using lpq -lll
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I'm going to go way out on a limb here and look like a fool,
but: how can I determine if the printer is jammed or otherwise
misbehaving? I believe the original problem was that, even when jammed,
the printer was accepting connections but throwing away the print job.
This sounds like precisely the right solution, though. I
currently have the queues set to save_on_error (suggested by another
kind list member), which prevents jobs from being lost when there are
jams but also results in piles of error jobs sitting in the queues.
Either our users are sending reams of badly-formatted print jobs (which
is quite possible), or else there's yet another thing I'm going to have
to track down.
> I will put this into the Printing Cookbook
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Way cool. Thanks, as always, for your assistance.
--Joe
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Joe Formoso ([EMAIL PROTECTED]),
Senior Systems Administrator, IT Department, Stevens Institute of Technology
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