On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:34:39 -0800 Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<referring to the CLJ 4500> > > This leads to some interesting situations: > > - printer takes several minutes to warm up and calibrate > > once it's gone into power-save mode > > - paper jams may go unnoticed for a while, or may run out > > of paper, but it will NOT tell ifhp that is the case > > (no answer until the job is done, and the job is not done...) > > - LPRng has a timeout where, if the job is not done, it's time > > to TRY AGAIN. > > - but the previous attempt is in printer memory, so once the > > paper-out or jam is fixed, it will finish the job, then > > print your attempt N+1 after that (not uncommon to get 2-3 > > copies of a job when this happens). > > Ahhh!! You have solved a mystery problem that others have reported. > > So I guess the 'sync=snmp' would be appropriate here? We use an snmp sync/waitend and pagecount query for our LaserJet 4500. LPRng will actually wait for the printer to come online as one might expect (even when the PJL processor goes comatose). -- ============================================================================ John Perkins | University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Researcher | Department of Computer Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1210 W. Dayton St. 608-262-0438/608-262-6626 FAX | Madison, WI 53706-1685 ============================================================================ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
