[HPADM] Zebra Printer Loosing Queue

From: Marles, Rob (RMarles_at_trojanuv.com)
Date: 11/22/04

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    Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:59:46 -0500
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    Hello!
     
    This is a stab in the dark, but hopefully turns something up.

    Current I have a Zebra printer Z105 hooked up to our HPUX server via an
    (external) JetDirect and a parallel->serial converter.

    It sat for a long time waiting to be rolled out for production use.
    Every time the occasional job was sent to the queue, it worked, without
    having to reset the devices first.

    Now that it has been rolled out to production, it seems to randomly
    freeze up and the jobs are held in the Unix queue.

    When working normally, doing an LP stat yields these results:

        $ lpstat l_ship_bar_1
                                              
        printer queue for l_ship_bar_1
        JetDirect lpd: no jobs queued on this port
                                              
        RP2470: l_ship_bar_1: ready and waiting
        no entries
        $

    However, when the jobs jam up in the queue, doing an lpstat yields
    slightly different results, almost as if the jetdirect is going offline
    or sending an incorrect signal to HPUX.

        $ lpstat l_ship_bar_1
                                              
        printer queue for l_ship_bar_1
        Active connection from 172.16.20.20
                                              
        RP2470: l_ship_bar_1: ready and waiting
        no entries
        $

    If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

    Thanks.

    HPUX 11.11

    Hardware:
    Jetdirect -> 300x j3263a
    Parallel<->Serial Converter -> Startech SXP-320
    Zebra 105 Serial Bar Code Printer 

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