I have a system that will not allow me to print from any network printers.
The printers are setup correctly.
I have already used lpshut and lpsched to reset the spooler
I am able to print jobs as long as I go around the spooler.
However, anytime I attempt to send a job through spooler it will not leave the lpstat nor print.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
TL
First off - what UNIX/Linux is this? The commands for administering lp are not all the same everywhere.
Next - are the network printers on a print server or two somewhere out there? Network topology is very important here.
The Unix SCO is 5.0.7
All the printers are on print servers.
Really confused, hope I am not confusing you also.
Thanks a million
FYI: Moved the thread to the SCO forum, so the SCO folks will see it.
How are the printers configured?
As remote printers, or as HP printers?
Have the printers ever worked?
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You might try
#/etc/init.d/lp stop
#/etc/init.d/lp start
To restart the lpr/lpd print service.
The printers are setup as local printers
The printers are Okidata printers
The printers have worked for some time. Just a one time, all printers (6) that are network printers quit working.
I tried /etc/init.d/lp stop = said "Cannot access the file"
ran /etc/init.d/lp start = went to next line
Still no luck
If they are set up as local printers, do they print using Samba, or netcat, or something else?
Can you show us the file in /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces for one of the printers?
In earlier versions of the OS I found that a reboot of the system usually cleared spooler hangs. Have never found the reason(s) for them.
I have the printers setup as netcat
Below is a copy of the files you requested...
/var/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces
# l
total 24
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Apr 27 18:56 PR3
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Aug 5 10:11 PR_1
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Apr 15 21:44 PR_2
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Apr 15 21:48 PR_4
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Apr 15 21:54 PR_5
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Apr 15 21:54 PR_6
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They are setup as netcat
Below is the directory...
# cd /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces
# l
total 14
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Aug 7 12:53 PR_1
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Aug 5 19:48 PR_3
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Aug 6 22:10 PR_4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Aug 7 12:43 model.orig
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The Unix is running sco 5.0.7 Open Server
The network printers are on print servers.
The printers are setup in "scoadmin"
They are configured in "/etc/hosts" and "/etc/printers".
All are pointing to the correct settings.
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They are setup as netcat printers
Below is the the directory listing
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Aug 7 12:53 PR_1
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Aug 5 19:48 PR_3
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lp lp 1270 Aug 6 22:10 PR_4
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I have rebooted the server.
No luck.
Can you post the contents of PR_1 ?
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Also, is there any mail?