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printer queue hung

 
Todd McDaniel_1
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‎08-30-2006 12:54 PM

‎08-30-2006 12:54 PM

Re: printer queue hung

lol this was never this hard. Ive added printers before and never had to do any special configs or care about "the internal name inside the LAN card".

I just add them as remote and IP address and edit the associated printer file and they work.

I am pretty much a novice with printers but they have never been an issue till this certain printer came along.

Unix, the other white meat.
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Bill Hassell
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‎08-30-2006 03:05 PM

‎08-30-2006 03:05 PM

Re: printer queue hung

These LAN cards are lpr/lpd style print servers, just like a Windows server with Unix print services. The standard is RFC 1179 and the "name inside the LAN card" is mandatory for this service -- the reason is simple: that Windows/Linux/etc server can have dozens of printers attached to it. That's why they are called print servers. So to satisfy the protocol, you have to tell the server which printer you want to use. The fact that the LAN card is a one-printer server makes no difference. In fact, several prinjter LAN cards actually have multiple printers inside the card.

An example is the HP JetDirect card which has a printer called text and another printer called raw. The LAN card performs text translation when you print to the "text" printer and passes binary data unprocessed to the printer when you specify the "raw" printer. Check the LAN card manufacturer's tech specs - you'll find these details. Note that WinXP's network printer code doesn't use the RFC 1179 protocol and has a very different print spooler model.


Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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Todd McDaniel_1
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‎08-30-2006 03:17 PM

‎08-30-2006 03:17 PM

Re: printer queue hung

closed
Unix, the other white meat.
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Zinky
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‎08-31-2006 12:32 AM

‎08-31-2006 12:32 AM

Re: printer queue hung

So what was the "Fix" - good Sir so others after you may be helped?

Graci.

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Zinky
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‎08-31-2006 12:34 AM

‎08-31-2006 12:34 AM

Re: printer queue hung

Und by the way.. what about points - even uno's? I think both Bill and I brought somehow brought you to light on the birds and the bees about printers and print servers...

;^()

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Todd McDaniel_1
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‎08-31-2006 03:45 PM

‎08-31-2006 03:45 PM

Re: printer queue hung

well i recreated 2 printers and still didnt work.

i think i should have mentioned it is going b/t 2 different domains so that could also be it.

Well we actually routed the printer from my host thru the other host and it works! dont ask me why. I think there was some issue with the routing.
Unix, the other white meat.
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