Print server problems on Enterprise 3

[Michael Scully]

Brian:

	By http, I take it to mean you went with IPP printing, not LPD.  Do
most print servers support that mode?  Only some of them work with the
standard JetDirect (port 9100) mode.  What do you use for the printer and
queue name in the configuration?

Mike


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On Behalf Of Brian D. McGrew
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:33 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Print server problems on Enterprise 3

I had a similar problem in a network with several linux and several 
windows servers where the printer would repeat the jobs over and over 
again.  I was using a linksys print server.  I finally ended up having 
to setup CUPS up to talk to the print server in http and the problem 
went away.  Was very bizarre.

-brian

Brian D. McGrew		{ brian at doubledimension.com || 
pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
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On Aug 31, 2004, at 4:29 PM, Michael Scully wrote:

> Greetings fellow RH veterans:
>
> 	I have one client with a problem I haven't encountered anywhere else
> on Red Hat.  They have Enterprise 3.0 ES running at their main 
> location with
> ssh sessions running our accounting package.  At a remote site we have
> another LAN that's using a VPN tunnel between sites to give them 
> access.  At
> that remote site, I have an HP Laser connected via a D-link print 
> server.
> The printer is configured in CUPS as an LPD printer and works fine for 
> the
> most part.
>
> 	Every so often, a print job gets "stuck" where it prints, but the
> job remains in the queue and prints again (and again and again).  The 
> users
> finally have to turn the printer off before it goes through a ream of 
> paper.
> If we reset the print server and printer, and clean out the print 
> queue, all
> returns to normal for a day or two.
>
> 	I've watched this with lpstat to know that it's not some abnormal
> job.  It just doesn't get deleted in the queue, as if the hardware was
> telling CUPS to re-submit the job instead of deleting it.  I've used a
> different brand of print server but with no difference.  Also, the
> connection between the print server and printer is USB, but that 
> shouldn't
> matter to CUPS.  It only sees the device as a host name and printer.
>
> 	Anyone else have similar experiences?  I'm positive that there isn't
> any PCL code for multiple copies in the print job itself.
>
> Mike Scully
>
>
>
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