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01-21-2007

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Printing Problem - Solaris 8

Please Help!!!!!!

I just installed a new network printer - myprinter1. I can't seem to get it running. Every time I try to print a test page, I get the following error.

Subject: Problem with printer myprinter1
The printer myprinter1 has stopped printing for the reason given below.
Fix the problem and bring the printer back on line.
Printing has stopped, but will be restarted in a few minutes;
issue an enable command if you want to restart sooner.
Unless someone issues a change request

lp -i myprinter1-19 -P ...

to change the page list to print, the current request will be reprinted from
the beginning.

The reason(s) it stopped (multiple reasons indicate repeated attempts):

exec exit fault<EOT>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I first installed myprinter1, then my printer2, I took out myprinter2, but I'm still getting error re: myprinter2 & myprinter1 is not running as well ...I get the above error message.
How do I get myprinter1 to start working &
How do I get myprinter2 cleanout of the system
I removed it from printers.conf file, I disable it but i still get error message re: myprinters.

Thanks,
Remi

# lpstat -t
scheduler is running
no system default destination
device for myprinter1: /dev/null
system for myprinter2: myhostname
character set
myprinter1 accepting requests since Tue 16 Jan 2007 03:18:45 PM EST
myprinter2 accepting requests since Jan 21 20:46 2007
printer myprinter1 waiting for auto-retry. available.
exec exit fault
printer myprinter2 unknown state. enabled since Jan 21 20:46 2007. available.
myprinter2: not a printer or class
myprinter1-19 root 242 Jan 18 18:24 filtered
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enable

enable(1)                                                          User Commands                                                         enable(1)

NAME

       enable, disable - enable/disable LP printers

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/enable printer...

       /usr/bin/disable [-c | -W]  [ -r [reason]] printer...

DESCRIPTION

       The  enable  command  activates  printers,  enabling  them to print requests submitted by the lp command. enable must be run on the printer
       server.

       The disable command deactivates printers, disabling them from printing requests submitted by the lp command. By default, any requests  that
       are  currently  printing  on printer will be reprinted in their entirety either on printer or another member of the same class of printers.
       The disable command must be run on the print server.

       Use lpstat -p to check the status of printers.

       enable and disable only effect queueing on the print server's spooling system. Executing these commands from a client system will  have  no
       effect on the server.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported for use with disable:

       -c              Cancels  any requests that are currently printing on printer. This option cannot be used with the -W option. If the printer
                       is remote, the -c option will be silently ignored.

       -W              Waits until the request currently being printed is finished before disabling printer. This option cannot be used  with  the
                       -c option. If the printer is remote, the -W option will be silently ignored.

       -r [reason]     Assigns  a  reason  for  the  disabling  of  the  printer(s). This reason applies to all printers specified. This reason is
                       reported by lpstat -p. Enclose reason in quotes if it contains blanks. The default  reason  is  "unknown  reason"  for  the
                       existing printer, and "new printer" for a printer added to the system but not yet enabled.

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported for both enable and disable:

       printer         The  name of the printer to be enabled or disabled. Specify printer using atomic name. See printers.conf(4) for information
                       regarding the naming conventions for atomic names.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0               Successful completion.

       non-zero        An error occurred.

FILES

       /var/spool/lp/*         LP print queue.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWpcu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI                          |enabled                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       lp(1), lpstat(1), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          9 Sep 1996                                                           enable(1)

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