topic Re: Remote printer is down in Operating System - HP-UX

Remote printer is down

j773303 — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:13:10 GMT

In my environment.
HPUX 11.11 has configured 10 remote printers.
The 10 printers are all connect with windows2003.

Does anyone has the experiecne in which situation the "lpstat -t" will show "printer is down" ? From my example, sometimes only 2-3 printer will show it. I need to enable the printer to use it.

Thanks.

Re: Remote printer is down

Jaime Bolanos Rojas. — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:21:15 GMT

j773303,

This thread will give you some guidance on how to proceed,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1041323

Regards,

Jaime.

Re: Remote printer is down

Bill Hassell — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:55:59 GMT

Unfortunately, the rlp service is fairly fragile and there are no diagnostics on HP-UX that can determine why the Windows server is not responding. Note that Windows handles Unix printing separately from sharing printing services to other PCs so you can't use PC shares as a measure of the Unix shares. You will probably need to restart the Unix printing service on the Windows box.

This is why it is recommended to put printers directly onto the network (ideally with HP LAN cards) and talk directly to the printers without a Windows server.

Re: Remote printer is down

Yogeeraj_1 — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:57:02 GMT

hi,

we are used to running:

lpstat -p|grep disabled

hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: Remote printer is down

siva baskaran — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:52:41 GMT

hi,
yes i have faced this problem in my environment also, incase if u got solution let me to know reduce this problem, anyhow here i telling my solution

reason might be:

1) printer reset/restart/printer hardware
2)paper out condition
3) n/w connectivity problem
4) if u network interface card of printer or device on which through printer connecting to n/w

solution:
1) enable matually by enable command or SAM
2) make the script to restart lpd service time period (like each and every 5 minitues it should restat), it will resolve your's temparary or frequently disable problem)
Note: it will not distrup incase it is running while restarting the lpd services)
3)tell me if u have any idea to resolve

thanks
siva