did you set 'send_try' ?
# Purpose: numbers of times to try sending job - 0 is infinite
# default send_try=3 (INTEGER)
send_try=0
best regards
~christoph
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, David Johnson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have recently moved our printer handling from an AIX system to a new
> Linux box with LPRng 3.8.19. Most of our printers are jetdirect connected
> and are working great. However, one of our printers is used for a large
> group of nightly reports and has run out of paper in the middle of the night
> a few times. Each time it does, we lose jobs. I have tracked this down to
> LPRng apparently times out after 20 minutes and moves on to the next job.
>
> The only timeout related setting that is not defaulted in lpd.conf is
> stalled_time=300.
>
> The print queue is defined as:
>
> 1001gp2:\
> :ml=0:\
> :mx=0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/1001gp2:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/1001gp2/1001gp2.acct:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=|/usr/share/printconf/util/jetdirectprint:
>
>
> I have seen some additional timeout and retry values in lpd.conf but I'm not
> sure what combination we should employ to handle this situation. Can someone
> point me to a document or describe how the parameters are related and what
> settings we should use to provide the best environment for all of our
> printers and also handle this situation?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> dave
>
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