Printer Question for Linux RHAS 4.0

[Jorge Cocomess]

Hi,

I have a printer that goes offline or not ready 3-4 times a day. To get the printer going again, I would have to submit a command "/usr/bin/enable printer_name" and the printer start to print again. Does anyone ever had this issue or any ideas on how I could rectify this issue?

Thank you in advance.

Jorge

[Ivan Ferreira]

¿What kind of printer and how is attached? ¿What printer "driver" are you using? ¿Have you tried to find a ppd for that printer?

¿What does "lpc status" and "lpq -a" report?

[Jorge Cocomess]

Hi Ivan,

I setup the printer as local laser jet printer and using Raw Print Queue. lpq -a show the jobs that are pending due to the printer is "Not ready". 99% of these printers are HP laser printer. I am not sure what's "ppd" is - Can you explain what should I be looking for in the ppd??

The printer is fine and I can print from Windows e-mail and such without any issues. Just the Linux server find that it was not ready until I can submit the command /usr/bin/enable printer_name and then everything start to print again.


Thank you.

[Jorge Cocomess]

Closed thread for now.