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Operating Systems SCO Open Server Ethernet Printer Post 302276466 by moondogi on Tuesday 13th of January 2009 09:38:48 PM
Old 01-13-2009
Okey Dokey,
First up, I originally posted the question on my way out the door going home. Being in Australia, I thought the "brains trust" on the other side of the world could help me overnight.

Expecting the worst the next day with questions from the users about why the printer doesnt work - never came, the printer "fixed" itself overnight with no further problems since.

The Zebra is a strange beast, something that earns my respect.

I'm not sure whether this is a new install or a existing unit gone bad so this is what I'd do....

Install the printer on a "Windose" machine via Parallel and check that it actually works, these things do happen.
Then I'd check if it works via ethernet or serial. This clears any issues with conflicting IP address's. You will have to make a serial cable from scratch from the pc to the printer. The manual has examples of the wiring maps.

If you are going to connect the printer using a 8/16 port expansion board on the server, you are on your own. We had handshaking issues for years before we finally put the printer on a HP ethernet print server.

Last year, I asked the original vendor (who supplied the whole system 9 years ago) about installing a second Zebra - they refused with the reason that enhancements are not available.
It was then we heard that our "days are numbered" with Real World - apparently MS purchased the company and retired the product, thus forcing existing customers onto the MS server upgrade treadmill. Really annoys me - the system wasnt cheap to setup, its bullet proof on Unix and perfectly fits our needs.

Sorry I cant help anymore.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

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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