>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Shawn Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:00 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: LPRng: After upgrade still Stalling remote printers >> >> >> Hello, >> >> We have several printers attached to Linksys Print Servers. >> When multiple >> jobs are spooled through LPRng the print queues seem to hang up and go >> into "stalled" state. Removing the printjobs from the queue >> seems to be >> the only way to get these print queues working properly again. >> >> While the LPRng print queue is stalled, MS Windows is able to print >> directly to the Linksys devices. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> We are running Debian/Sid - LPRng-3.8.25. >> >> Here is my printcap entry and lpq output for this printer while it is >> stalled: >> >> .common: >> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P >> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/%P/log >> :af=/var/spool/lpd/%P/acct >> :sh:mx=0:mc=0 >> >> sea-ps-24-p1|lp1 >> :cm=(Back Office)Okidata ML391 Plus @ SEA-PS-24 on Port 1:\ >> :tc=.common >> :[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> # lpq -P sea-ps-24-p1 >> >> Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] '(Back Office)Okidata ML391 Plus @ >> SEA-PS-24 on Port 1' (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Queue: 8 printable jobs >> Server: pid 7168 active >> Unspooler: pid 7322 active >> Status: waiting for subserver to exit at 13:10:09.756 >> Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files >> Size Time >> stalled(1757sec) [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 792 smbprn.001697.L2b079 19804 >> 12:22:46 >> 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 815 smbprn.001698.rSE4Xe 19804 >> 12:23:14 >> 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 836 smbprn.001699.IMePPy 19804 >> 12:24:47 >> 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 12 smbprn.001700.FtF9lg 19804 >> 12:34:00 >> 5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 38 smbprn.001701.izWmGI 19804 >> 12:36:21 >> 6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 57 smbprn.001703.gyxopI 19804 >> 12:36:54 >> 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 72 smbprn.001705.0U21rL 19804 >> 12:38:21 >> 8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 733 smbprn.001710.lE0LvC 10024 >> 13:07:29 >> (LPD Server): >> (P1)STATE: Idle >> TYPE: Parallel >> PRINTER STATUS: On-Line >> >> > Shawn, > > Should [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "(P1)STATE: Idle" Makes me think that... > > I have a USB printer on a Linksys printserver, > and the printer is listed as "\\PRINTSERVER\P1". > It has 3 logical ports available, by I don't > know what they'd be labeled. > > Jim >
Hi Jim, Thanks for reading my post. I was beginning to wonder if my question was covered somewhere obvious that I must have overlooked a dozen times trying to figure this one out. I didn't test useing P1 instead of L1(logical port 1) for the print queue name, but Im pretty sure that is not the problem. I believe the problem is that the Linksys print servers are complete pieces of SH*T! I put an Intel NetExpressPro print server in one of the Linksys' place and it works with no problems. In fact where, with the Linksys, when I spool 6 small jobs(printcap file with 8 entries) one right after the other, they stack up in LPRng's spool and then hang that print queue...with the Intel the jobs don't hang around in the queue long enough to be detected by lpc or lpq....they get fired off to the Intel unit and print out with no problems. It would be interesting to know how this Linksys device could cause the LPRng queue to stall.....anyone? Cheers, 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
