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Can you set up a networked printer as a local print queue?

Fairly simple question, I think. Still trying to get my head around AIX print queues. Most of our problems seem to stem from print queues going down. This generates help-desk calls when users call up to get their queues started or to get rid of the emails that qdaemon sends them.

Looking at the reference for the 'qconfig' file I though that setting the 'recovery_type' option to 'retry' would solve my problems, however it seems this option is only available for 'local' type print queues. Below is the entry for an example printer (networked OKI ML5520), is there any way to have these set up as 'local' printers so I can take advantage of the 'retry' recovery type?

Many thanks,

Alex

0020pa01:
device = @0020pa01
up = TRUE
host = 0020pa01
s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort
l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdlong
rq = lp
@0020pa01:
backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak -T7200

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ospm-pm

ospm-pm(1)							   User Commands							ospm-pm(1)

NAME

       ospm-pm - OpenSolaris Print Manager

SYNOPSIS

       ospm-pm [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  OpenSolaris Print Manager application enables you to control and manage print queues and print jobs. Currently, it supports on Solaris
       LP print system. You can use OpenSolaris Print Manager to perform the following tasks:

       o  Create printer groups from a static list or based on some attributes of the printers

       o  View print jobs on each printer, and remove print jobs that are queued

       o  Add new printer queues manually

       o  Integrate Print queues which were Auto-detected or auto-discovered into its GUI

       The tool can be invoked from the command line, but it is typically invoked from the desktop menu.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more  infor-
				       mation.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching OpenSolaris Print Manager.

       example% ospm-pm

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/ospm-pm

	   The executable file for OpenSolaris Print Manager application.

       $HOME/.ospm-printer-groups.xml

	   Configuration file for printer groups.

       $HOME/.printers

	   It supports printer(4) when user saves queues into the Favourites printer group.

ATTRIBUTES

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWprint-monitor 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gconf-editor(1), gconftool-2(1), ospm-preferences(1), libgconf-2(3), printer(4), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Evan Yan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    07 Aug 2008 							ospm-pm(1)