printer connectivity problems

[millsm]

suddenly now I can not use my remote printers. when I do an lpstat on any of hte printers I get "connection to is down" I can ping the printers ok.. when I look at SAM it shows that everything is idle and enabled. When have been doing some upgrades on oracle and after the upgrade my printer stop working. Please help...

[Reshma Malusare · Accepted solution]

Hi millsm,
You are getting this problem only when you do upgrades on oracle,is it so?
For this remote printer.
Examine the file /etc/inetd.conf and look for the following files.:
1>/etc/inetd.conf-->
# printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/rlpdaemon rlpdaemon -i
If a # sign appears at the beginning of the line, the rlpdaemon line is commented out, preventing the printer from printing remotely.
Edit the file /etc/inetd.conf to remove the # sign. Save the file.
2>Check /etc/services and look for:
# printer 515/tcp spooler #remote print spooling
If a # sign appears at the beginning of the line, the service is commented out, preventing the remote print spooler from serving the printer.

I suggest,first you check whethet you are getting sam eerror for other applications,then its related to printer & may be in that case you need to add printer again.

Thanks & Regards
Reshma

[millsm]

thanks

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi millsm,
Can you please assign the points