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Operating Systems AIX Remote printing to Linux CUPS queue Post 302525422 by tgx on Thursday 26th of May 2011 04:01:22 PM
Old 05-26-2011
Remote printing to Linux CUPS queue

Hello all.

I am setting up a queue under AIX 4.2.1 to print to a remote Linux CUPS queue. At present I can print to the queue remotely from Windows but not AIX. What I am seeing is lpstat reads the state of the remote queue but at job submission time I am getting backend exit fatal errors. The AIX queue is defined as such:

Code:
pdf:
        device = @server1
        up = TRUE
        host = server1
        s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort
        l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdlong
        rq = CUPS-PDF
@server1:
        backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak

I CAN telnet to port 631 or 515 from the AIX host.
I think there may be a problem with the data stream or some odd permission issue, if it were permissions though, I would expect the windows host to fail as well.

Results from lpstat:
Code:
pdf     @server1 READY    
pdf: CUPS-PDF is ready
pdf     CUPS- READY

CUPS-PDF is the name of the remote queue.

Thanks for reading.

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment edit by bakunin: please use CODE-tags when posting code and/or terminal output. It enhances readability greatly. Thank you.

Last edited by bakunin; 06-06-2011 at 06:28 AM.. Reason: addtl info
 

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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 COPYRIGHT
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