auto enable disabled printer

[abcd_2]

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

[Sandeep_Chaudhary]

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.

[Ganesan R]

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.

[Tim Nelson]

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.