topic Re: auto enable disabled printer in Operating System - HP-UX

auto enable disabled printer

abcd_2 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:43:06 GMT

I have one network printer. which goes offline frequently. subsequently printer defined in my unix box is disabled automatically, Every time I have to 'enable' it manually, is there any workaround for auto-enabling, Sometime, the IP address of printer stop pinging from unix box, so I have to physically restart printer. (But my problem is How to 'enable' printer/printer queue once printer is online.

or Did I configured printer wrongly,
I used following command to configure printer.
lpadmin -pMyPrn1 -v/dev/null -mrmodel -ormPrntrName -orppr1

Re: auto enable disabled printer

Sandeep_Chaudhary — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:31:07 GMT

Its because if hardware problem with printer.
U can write script and put in crontab to keep on checking printer status and restart it if it is disable.

Re: auto enable disabled printer

Ganesan R — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:10:24 GMT

Hi,

By design the queue will be disabled if the designation is not reachable for the defined period of time.

Either keep alive the designation or write a simple script and put it on crontab to check and enable the printer.

Re: auto enable disabled printer

Tim Nelson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:21:07 GMT

What you configured is not really a "network" printer it is a "remote" printer.

"remote" printer's status is controlled by the "remote" printer's queue and the HPUX spooler is dependent on the "remote's" queue status. Just because you can ping the IP address does not mean that the queue is functioning.

"network" printers, those with a NIC or a jetdirect type of device, have typically been more dependable. If you can, configure this as a direct network printer and see if you get a more stable environment.