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Operating Systems AIX network printer problem Post 302142292 by bakunin on Thursday 25th of October 2007 09:24:25 AM
Old 10-25-2007
The problem is somewhere in (or on the way to) your printer, the "queue device". It can - for reasons unknown - not process what is in the queue, therefore the queue goes down to prevent becoming flooded. Guess what happens when you forcefully put the queue in "UP"-status again.....

Maybe the printer has a paper jam, the network cable is not connected properly, there is no paper in it, the toner is low, the printer is switched off, ..... All these (and some more) things lead to one symptom: the printer doesn't process its jobs any more and hence the queue goes down.

Sorry to be not of more practical help, but from here and not having a look at your printer i can give you only some theoretical hints where to look.

bakunin
 

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lpq

lpq(1)                                                              Apple Inc.                                                              lpq(1)

NAME

       lpq - show printer queue status

SYNOPSIS

       lpq [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -P destination[/instance] ] [ -a ] [ -l ] [ +interval ]

DESCRIPTION

       lpq  shows the current print queue status on the named printer. Jobs queued on the default destination will be shown if no printer or class
       is specified on the command-line.

       The +interval option allows you to continuously report the jobs in the queue until the queue is empty; the list of jobs is shown once every
       interval seconds.

OPTIONS

       lpq supports the following options:

       -E
            Forces encryption when connecting to the server.

       -P destination[/instance]
            Specifies an alternate printer or class name.

       -U username
            Specifies an alternate username.

       -a
            Reports jobs on all printers.

       -h server[:port]
            Specifies an alternate server.

       -l
            Requests a more verbose (long) reporting format.

SEE ALSO

       cancel(1), lp(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpstat(1),
       http://localhost:631/help

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16 June 2008                                                           CUPS                                                                 lpq(1)
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