Can not add a printer to server

[Rebecca Hounschell]

I loaded server d260 with a "loadset" which included lprng. I am trying to add a printer via SAM or JetAdmin and both fails. I moved printcap file to.old before I began. In SAM, it tells me the printer already exist but I can not see it anywhere other then in the printcap file. JetAdmin says it is unable to shutdown the spooler, do lpshut command line but it isn't running. I am not familiar with lprng at all. Is there any way that I can load the printer with lprng on the server or does it have to be un-installed? Is lprng causing my problem or is it something else?

[Ed Sampson]

Rebecca,
Under /var/spool/lp is a lockfile SCHEDLOCK
which gets put there by lpsched when it is started. Try removing this file, that should let sam or jetadmin configure your printer.

[Rebecca Hounschell]

SCHEDLOCK is not always created. Actually, it has only been created once and I have tried many,many times. I do the lpshut prior to jetadmin and still get "do lpshut command line" and try again. If I try to add the printer via SAM, it says it already exist but jetadmin says "can't do lpshut" even if it is already shutdown. I have tried it both ways, lpshed running, get can't lpshut. I do lpshut first and still get the same error.

[Mark Greene_1]

this is a bug in script /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr

I'll do a search of the forums and see if I can find the fix, it's been posted previously.

Mark

[Mark Greene_1]

here is the thread, the fix is at the bottom:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xa72718276953d61190040090279cd0f9,00.html

mark

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Rebecca

ps -ef | grep lp doesit show lpshced , if so thne go ahead and kill it , if the lpscheduler is stopped.

Manoj Srivastava

[Rebecca Hounschell]

I have looked at the script /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr but there isn't any line "if lpstat $1..." to replace with the "if lpstat -p$1.....".

[Rebecca Hounschell]

Oops! Sorry, the if lpstat... line is there. I skimmed right over it. I have replaced the if statement and was able to add the printer via SAM. However, I need to add the printer via JetAdmin tool which is giving me the lpshut error. When adding via SAM, it is only printing the first line of the doc and/or screen. This is a jetdirect printer and should be added as a "network-based" printer which is done via JetAdmin. JetAdmin on this server will not execute correctly due to the lpshut error.

[Steve Steel]

hi

1)Make sure no lp processes are running

2)cd /var/spool/lp

3)rm FIFO SCHEDLock if there

4)/opt/hpnp/bin/jetadmin (do not use sam)

Add the printer
option 1


Note. If it says the printer exists try
lpadmin -xprinter

5)lpsched

Steve Steel

[Mark Greene_1]

what happens when you do the lpshut at the command line? And, what does your ls listing for lpshut look like? Here's the one from my 11.0 system:

-r-sr-xr-x 1 lp bin 20480 Oct 27 1997 /usr/sbin/lpshut

HTH
mark