Hello, We may have fixed our problem. Our max size per job was 10 MB. So when a PC sent a print job that was over 10 MB, it flooded the queue with 999 hf files (each with a size of 0) every 4 sec. However from a mac, it sent one hf file with a size of 0. So we made the following changes to the printcap.local:
1. Changed mx=10240 to mx#0 2. Changed ifhp=model=hp8150 to ifhp=model=hp8100. Currently, we are trying to fix the 79.00FE errors that we are receiving on our printers. We upgraded the printers' firmware; however, we are still getting that error. We are going to increase the "TCP/IP idle timeout" mentioned in a previous post. Advanced Thanks, Kyle On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Kyle Billups wrote: > Hello, > > One of our computers was sending repetitive lpr requests until our queue > become full. I took a look in the /var/spool/lpd/eng-bill directory and > noticed that we had 999 hf files (001 to 999). The problem is that only > one hf file had corresponding cf/df files. I checked the queue using > 'lpq' and noticed that the jobs (without the cf/df files) were sent every > 4 seconds with a size of 0. Here is a segment of the lpq output: > > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (holdall) > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > Holding: 1 held jobs in queue > Server: no server active > Status: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' removed at 14:46:28.414 > Filter_status: done at 14:46:27.562 > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 3 https://webmail.uiu 100616 10:25:41 > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 1 Microsoft PowerPoint 0 11:19:29 > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 5 Microsoft PowerPoint 0 11:19:30 > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 6 Microsoft PowerPoint 0 11:19:34 > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 7 Microsoft PowerPoint 0 11:19:38 > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 8 Microsoft PowerPoint 0 11:19:42 > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 9 Microsoft PowerPoint 0 11:19:46 > hold [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 10 Microsoft PowerPoint 0 11:19:50 > ... > > We temporarily fixed the problem by turning off eng-pc15, and removing its > print jobs from the print queue. This computer was printing correctly > before this incident, and is printing fine now. Does anyone know why this > occurred? If so, is there a permanent solution? > > Here is our printcap.local file: > > .common:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:\ > :mx=10240:\ > :bk:\ > :sh:\ > :filter=/usr/lib/lpfilters/ifhp: > > .filter1:\ > :force_ipaddr_hostname:\ > :control_filter=/home/www/htdocs/arete/webPrint/filter/printFilter2.pl:\ > :incoming_control_filter=/home/www/htdocs/arete/webPrint/filter/printFilter1.pl: > > eng-bill:\ > :tc=.common,.filter1:\ > :ifhp=model=hp8150:\ > :[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Advanced Thanks, > Kyle > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kyle Billups > Programmer Consultant > University of Illinois > CITES Instructional Computing Sites (ICS) > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyle Billups Programmer Consultant University of Illinois CITES Instructional Computing Sites (ICS) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
