[ale] Printer Error

[Bill Pleasants]

Thanks for your continued interest, Scott. Â I have not had time till now
to continue my installation adventure. Â Responses to your questions are inserted
below.

       Scott Thomas Sandholm wrote:
 
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 cite="mid20021017124231.C3730 at minitower.gtri.gatech.edu">   
  Howdy

1) does 

./lpd restart work?
  
 
 
Stopping lpd:                                              [FAILED]
 
<blockquote type="cite"
 cite="mid20021017124231.C3730 at minitower.gtri.gatech.edu">   
  2) How did you set up the printer?  I hope you did NOT
choose to call it a network printer.
 
 I set it up local. Â The Printer Administration window shows:
 
 Command:Â Â Â  lpr
 Driver:Â Â Â  Â Â Â  Â  Generic Printer (SGENPRT)
 Location: 
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 cite="mid20021017124231.C3730 at minitower.gtri.gatech.edu">   
  3) I no longer think it's a printer issue but more likle in
the option you choose when you set it up.

4) If you reboot with no ?f* in the /var/spool/lpd/*
 
 /var/spool/lpd/ Â contains folder "print" with 0 items. Â Leaving this alone
 
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 cite="mid20021017124231.C3730 at minitower.gtri.gatech.edu">   
  directories.  Can root do a /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd stop?

    [FAILED]     
<blockquote type="cite"
 cite="mid20021017124231.C3730 at minitower.gtri.gatech.edu">
  B in touch
sts

On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:33:49PM -0400, Bill Pleasants wrote:
  
   
       
           
      Howdy

As root look in /var/spool/lpd
You should have subdirectories for your print spooler.
These can be "decoded" if you read vi your /etc/printcap
file.  In the spool dir. you  will find jobs  ?f*  and I
usualy get two ?f* with different ? but the same f* for each
print job.  You can cat the *status* files to see what the
print status is.  The take home message:

as root 
1) cd /etc/rc.d/init.d 
2) ./lpd status

      
     
     
    lpd dead but subsys locked

    
     
           
      3) ./lpd stop

      
     
     
    [FAILED]

    
     
           
      for each and every spool dir in /var/spool/lpd
4) cd /var/spool/lpd/lp? 
5) rm ?f*
6) rm *status*
7) if there are any lock files rm them
8) cd /etc/rc.d/init.d 
9) ./lpd restart

But if you ask me this really sounds like a printer issue
and not a OS issue.


hth
sts

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 10:16:08PM -0400, Bill Pleasants wrote:
Scott,
Thanks for the explicit take home message.  I got through 3 lines with 
the response indicated below.  There were error messages on logoff and a 
message to root.  If there is useful info on some logs, perhaps I could 
post them.
Bill

Scott Thomas Sandholm wrote:

    

  
  


      
       
               
        Hello,
After getting RH in my HP Pentium II at the Installfest, I installed a
Brother HL-720 printer today.  After printing 2 of 3 pages from
Mapquest, the printer indicated toner out.  I replaced the cartridge and
there was an error light which can be cleared by unplugging the printer
cable and cycling the printer off.  I reset the print queue and the same
2 pages printed and the error light flashed.  Rebooted - same error
light.  Attempts to print additional items failed.  I entered "lprm" to
cancel anything pending and got "local host IP not available."  I don't
know what to make of that and I'm out of ideas.  I would appreciate
help.  I am new to this so please be explicit.
Yours truly,
Bill



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