lpmove files no longer in queue

[D. Jackson_1]

I did an lpmove printer_a printer_b and when I checked the queue for printer_b there were no files.. printer_b was a dummy queue added through jetadmin. It stated that the files were successfully sent to printer_b but when I issued a lpstat -oprinter_b they didn't show.. Can anyone tell me what happened to the files and why this happened..

Thanks for your help.

[John Palmer]

What do you mean by a 'dummy' queue. Is it disabled?

Have a look in /var/spool/lp/log - it might give you some clues.

[Anthony deRito]

A "gotcha" when using lpmove is that it never checks the acceptance status (see man page on accept) for the new destination when moving requests. You can try running accept on printer_b.

Tony

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Try accept command, then enable the printer.

[D. Jackson_1]

When I say "dummy" queue I mean I did not give it an ipaddress and I did not add it to the /etc/hosts file. I added it through jetadmin. It was accepting requests and was enabled.

Thanks