Re: lp refusing to shut up

From: Greg Andrews (gerg_at_panix.com)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:41:43 +0000 (UTC)

"W. Linksaf" <linksaf.onderhoud@nl.nl> writes:
>
>Due to some old crappy software the Windows in the network are using, we
>sometimes get error messages back, while the print is just printed fine.
>This is all good, exept lp tries to send user@windowshost a mail about the
>error, which isn't going to work, needless to say.
>
>So I figured:
>lpadmin -p PhysicalPrinter1 -A none
>lpadmin -p PhysicalPrinter2 -A none
>/etc/init.d/lp stop
>Print services stopped
>/etc/init.d/lp start
>Print services started
>
>When I try to issue the same command for some of the queues, lpadmin begins
>barfing all kinds of errors in my face, basically saying I'm not doin' it
>right ;-)
>

That's right. Those queues probably were configured as remote printer
queues. Your machine was told it is a print client for those printers,
not a print server, so print server options like lpadmin -A aren't
appropriate.

Sounds like you have those queues configured wrong if the Solaris machine
is the print server. Are these printers attached to the network, or are
they attached to the parallel port of a Windows or Unix computer?

  -Greg 

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