Re: LPRng: Jobs being sent to stalled printers.
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 1 07:54:29 2002 Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:21:45 -0500 From: Joseph Formoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LPRng mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LPRng: Jobs being sent to stalled printers. Folks, This morning, our Operations staff found both of our HP8100's had console errors. As a result, it appears that any jobs submitted after the errors appeared got dumped off the queue. I would really like it if, when the printers stopped accepting jobs (due to paper jams, etc.) that the jobs that were in the queues *stayed* in the queues until the problem got cleared. Is there any way to set up the config so that happens? I feel that I must be missing something pretty basic. In any case, the two 8100s are pooled; the relevant chunk of our printcap file is thus: Set the 'send_try' value to 0. This will have the effect or infinitely repeating trying to send a job. This is the good news. The bad news is that if a job has a problem and the printer dies a horrible death, then it will get repeatedly sent. One of the other problems is that some printers will accept a connection when they have a jam, but then do not accept any data to be processed... This means you can connect but not print... Like I said, try the following and see if it does what you want: laser|las|ps|lps|hp8100pool:\ :send_try=0 --- laser|las|ps|lps|hp8100pool:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100pool:\ :sv=hp8100a,hp8100b hp8100a|first:\ :rw:\ :mx=0:\ :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\ :lp=foo1.bar.baz%9100:\ :af=hp.acct:\ :lf=hp.log:\ :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\ :ifhp=model=hp8100:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100a:\ :ss=hp8100pool hp8100b|second:\ :rw:\ :mx=0:\ :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\ :lp=foo2.bar.baz%9100:\ :af=hp.acct:\ :lf=hp.log:\ :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\ :ifhp=model=hp8100:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100b:\ :ss=hp8100pool --- Many thanks for any assistance. --Joe - Joe Formoso ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Senior Systems Administrator, IT Department, Stevens Institute of Technology - 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. - - 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. -
Re: LPRng: Jobs being sent to stalled printers.
I've run into this one. Look at the lpd.conf manpage and specifically the following parameters : send_try (default: 3) Numbers of times to try to send a job to the printer or remote host. A 0 value means an infi nite number of times. connect_interval (default: 10 (seconds)) The time to pause after a failed connection or open of the printing device before attempting a new con nection or open. connect_timeout (default: 10 (seconds)) The time to wait for a device open or connection to complete. A zero value is infinite timeout. stalled_time might also be of interest. By simply setting send_try=0 the job will never drop off. Joseph Formoso wrote: Folks, This morning, our Operations staff found both of our HP8100's had console errors. As a result, it appears that any jobs submitted after the errors appeared got dumped off the queue. I would really like it if, when the printers stopped accepting jobs (due to paper jams, etc.) that the jobs that were in the queues *stayed* in the queues until the problem got cleared. Is there any way to set up the config so that happens? I feel that I must be missing something pretty basic. In any case, the two 8100s are pooled; the relevant chunk of our printcap file is thus: --- laser|las|ps|lps|hp8100pool:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100pool:\ :sv=hp8100a,hp8100b hp8100a|first:\ :rw:\ :mx=0:\ :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\ :lp=foo1.bar.baz%9100:\ :af=hp.acct:\ :lf=hp.log:\ :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\ :ifhp=model=hp8100:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100a:\ :ss=hp8100pool hp8100b|second:\ :rw:\ :mx=0:\ :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\ :lp=foo2.bar.baz%9100:\ :af=hp.acct:\ :lf=hp.log:\ :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\ :ifhp=model=hp8100:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100b:\ :ss=hp8100pool --- Many thanks for any assistance. --Joe - Joe Formoso ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Senior Systems Administrator, IT Department, Stevens Institute of Technology - 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. - -- David K Livingstone CN Signals and Communications 10004 104 Ave, 21st Floor Edmonton, AB, T5J 0K2 Ph : 780 421-6323 Fax : 780 421-6607 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Text Page : [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. -
Re: LPRng: Jobs being sent to stalled printers.
hi, there are two important options in the lpd.conf file for your problem: send_try= defines how many times the job will be sent in case of errors, 3 is default you might want to set it to 0 (infinite) save_on_error saves the job in case of errors, default it's turned off hope this helps ~christoph On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Joseph Formoso wrote: Folks, This morning, our Operations staff found both of our HP8100's had console errors. As a result, it appears that any jobs submitted after the errors appeared got dumped off the queue. I would really like it if, when the printers stopped accepting jobs (due to paper jams, etc.) that the jobs that were in the queues *stayed* in the queues until the problem got cleared. Is there any way to set up the config so that happens? I feel that I must be missing something pretty basic. In any case, the two 8100s are pooled; the relevant chunk of our printcap file is thus: --- laser|las|ps|lps|hp8100pool:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100pool:\ :sv=hp8100a,hp8100b hp8100a|first:\ :rw:\ :mx=0:\ :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\ :lp=foo1.bar.baz%9100:\ :af=hp.acct:\ :lf=hp.log:\ :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\ :ifhp=model=hp8100:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100a:\ :ss=hp8100pool hp8100b|second:\ :rw:\ :mx=0:\ :bp=/usr/local/libexec/filters/psbanner:\ :lp=foo2.bar.baz%9100:\ :af=hp.acct:\ :lf=hp.log:\ :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\ :ifhp=model=hp8100:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp8100b:\ :ss=hp8100pool --- Many thanks for any assistance. --Joe - Joe Formoso ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Senior Systems Administrator, IT Department, Stevens Institute of Technology - 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. - - 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. -
