Re: lp refusing to shut up

From: W. Linksaf (linksaf.onderhoud_at_nl.nl)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:56:19 +0100

"Greg Andrews" <gerg@panix.com> schreef in bericht
news:c2n9f7$5pt$1@reader2.panix.com...
> "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.
How do I tell it it is a server then? It is accepting print jobs from all
over the network.

>
> 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?

I have a /dev/PhysicalPrinter1 and a /dev/PhysicalPrinter2.
Both refer to the IP adresses of the printers, printing happens through LPR.
The queues all end up either one of these devices.
The print orders I am speaking of are coming from a (non-specific) user
working at a Windowsclient printing to the Solaris.
When the print is done, I get an error, which lp tries to e-mail to the
submitter of the job (user@windowsclient):
"Your request PhysicalPrinter2-178 destined for PhysicalPrinter2

The job title was: 178-1
   submitted from: windowsclient
               at: Mon Mar 8 17:28:38 2004

encountered an error while printing on printer PhysicalPrinter2.
Printing stopped with an exit code of 2."

Job title is incorrect btw, that is the job number.

Regards,

W. Linksaf

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