Print server problems on Enterprise 3

[Peter Smith]

Michael Scully wrote:

>Greetings fellow RH veterans:
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>	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.
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>	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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I have this happening intermittently with a Windows NT4 server talking 
to a Phaser 850 printer.  It may have first occurred when I switched the 
printer to a RH7.3 server, but I switched it back when there were other 
problems.  Fuji Xerox cannot find a solution, and we just live with it.  
I am near enough to hear it getting over-enthusiastic.

I don't think that is much help to you. :(

Regards,
Peter Smith