topic Re: unable to remove printer in Operating System - HP-UX

unable to remove printer

so.nimda — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:10:28 GMT

hi,

i'm trying to delete a printer using the following command :

lpadmin -x

but i get the error :

lpadmin: corrupted member file

can anyone advise how i can resolve this?

thanks in advance !

:)

Re: unable to remove printer

Peter Godron — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:20:31 GMT

Hi,
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=964552
had a similar problem, alas with adding.
If the file itself is corrupted, a restore from backup should resolve the problem.

Re: unable to remove printer

Robert-Jan Goossens — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:25:09 GMT

Hi Rancid,

start Sam, ==> Printers and Plotters ==> lp spooler ==> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration

backup your configuration and restore it again.

Sam will resolve a lot of problems.

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: unable to remove printer

so.nimda — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:59:43 GMT

hi peter,

thanks for the reply...

i've checked the thread and it doesn't resolve the problem... also not able to do a restore as the printer config wasn't even backed-up yet...

regards

Re: unable to remove printer

so.nimda — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:02:02 GMT

hi robert-jan,

thanks for the reply...

i was not able to restore as the config wasn't backed-up... :(

regards

Re: unable to remove printer

Rick Garland — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:24:08 GMT

Begin by getting a backup of the config via SAM as described aboved.

Shutdown the lpssched and see if you can manually remove the printer from the /etc/lp area.