File Compression Error When Linked to Print Spooler

[Francine Johnson]

When I send a file to print and then attempt to transfer it another system using PPP, if the file has not printed because the printer has been turned off, is offline or out of paper, etc. (consequently, the file is still waiting to print), then the attempt to compress the file before the ppp transfer results in a file compression error. It appears that the file is still linked to the print spooler.

FYI: The printer is hanging off the network using a fastport print server, and this is an intermittant problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to cause and can you provide a solution or things to look for? Thank you.

printer is "fixed"; however, the file transfer process has rejected due to error.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Francine,

Try and use the -c option with your lp command and see if it helps

lp -c -dprinter_name file_name

hope this helps.

Thanks