I've had a lot of experience with LPRng on AIX and in my opinion, replacing the AIX queueing system is a good thing to do.
-Rick
Russell Adams wrote:
I'm currently rebuilding our print infrastructure to use LPRng. I'll have OpenVMS and AIX client systems forwarding print to a pair of Redhat boxen running LPRng. We've used LPRng for many years on Intel boxen with great success, and are even purchasing commercial support (Thanks Patrick!).
Due to issues I'm having on AIX with remote queues printing to OpenVMS
via lpr, I'm contemplating replacing AIX's proprietary queuing system
with LPRng.
What degree of success have others had in using LPRng on AIX?
I'm disappointed in the AIX printing subsystem, and like the idea of using LPRng cross-platform wherever possible. However, this may not be a popular decision with management, and I'm looking for supporting evidence to justify the decision. This would also be the first time we would run LPRng on a non-(Linux/Intel) machine.
Currently, half my queues are in a down state at regular intervals on AIX even though the remote queues are always available, resulting in the creation of a cron job that runs every 15 minutes that forces queue restarts on all queues.
Any input is appreciated!
Russell Adams Systems Administrator Kelsey-Seybold Clinics Houston, TX
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