>> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 12 14:16:33 2004 >> From: "Sam Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "LPRng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: LPRng: Stalled Printer >> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:38:02 -0600 >> >> This is really becoming a problem. I hope someone can help. I have >> somewhere >> around 120 printers on my server. When ever one of them runs out of >> paper, >> which is a frequent occurrence with that many printers, it will cause >> the >> print queue to go into a stalled state. The first print job in the queue >> shows up as stalled and when paper is added to the printer and it is on >> line >> again, the queue does not start up again. Does anyone know how to take >> care >> of this stalled condition without me going into the server and >> restarting >> it? Every time a printer runs out of paper, it shouldn't require a >> manual >> intervention at the print server. Thanks! >> >> Sam Warren, Jr. >> Computer Technician >> Winnebago Industries >> 641-585-3535 ext. 7785 >> > > This is very odd. I just tried this with an HP Laserjet 5, run out of > paper, > put paper in, and it started up. Also with a HP 2200 and a Xerox 8500. > > Very strange indeed. > > Patrick Powell > >
Not quitem but we are having a stalled printer problem. We installed 8 printers on Linksys printservers. We have finally deduced that whenever multiple jobs are sent to one of these printers, lprng hangs and goes into stalled mode. Nothing short of wiping out the jobs seems to get the print queue going again. Some printcap entries have filters and some don't. It doesn't seem to matter. As a side note, when these print queues are stalled, the windows machines that are setup to print directly to the Linksys devices are able to print successfully. Could this be related to the initial posters issue? I have seen several other posts about print queues stalling, but no real answer as to why yet. I am running Debian/Sid with LPRng-3.8.22. Thanks, Shawn ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
