spooler

[Cheng Wee]

Hi,

I got this job queued on my machine spooler and this job keep appearing when the dot matrix printer (epson lq2180) is out of paper. this printer connect to jetdirect card. So, i curious is this a norm to hav this job queue up when such scenario (Out of paper) happen?

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rgs

qing wei

[Tom Ward_1]

Hello,

It's normal for jobs to queue up when a printer can't process the requests such as when the printer is out of paper. I'm not aware of a job normally being created when you reach an out-of-paper condition.

Regards,
Tom

[Michael Tully]

No, but you may wish to check the printer script.

[Cheng Wee]

Thks for the reply

i check the printer script in this directory
/usr/spool/lp/interface/

and dun really able to figure out any problem. So just to ask is there any documentation or guide in this matter.

Rgs

qing wei

[A. Clay Stephenson]

If I understand your question then yes, it is perfectly normal for a job to queue even though the printer is off-line for any reason. The idea is that as soon as the problem is cleared up (e.g. paper installed) the spooler starts the print jobs. It is possible to detect printer problems and then
issue a "reject" command so that the user or application is not able to submit the job. The lp queue must then be enabled with an "accept" command to allow further print request submissions. Man accept, reject for details.

[Cheng Wee]

hi,

sorry , think i express my problem wrongly.
my situation now is i got this 1-byte size job keep queue up when this printer is out of paper, and the print queue grow very fast, so i wonder if this is the status indication but apparently it seems like not. i will try to check the printer script as well as cron job to see what cause this to happen.

rgs

qing wei