scorpion53061
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Print Queue will not stay up
Hi
I have a print queue on AIX 5.1 that i will say
qadm -U LPT1
and it goes up for a second.
Then it immediately goes into "DOWN" status.
THese are the settings for this printer.
Does anyone have any ideas what I am missing or what I might try?
Printer/Plotter lp3
Printer/Plotter type osp
Printer/Plotter interface rs232
Description Other seria
Status Available
Location 1P-08-22-12
Parent adapter sa3
PORT number [12]
Use Alternate RJ-45 Pinouts enable
BAUD rate [9600]
PARITY [none]
BITS per character [8]
Number of STOP BITS [1]
FLOW CONTROL to be used [xon]
OPEN DISCIPLINE to be used [dtropen]
STTY attributes for RUN time [clocal]
STREAMS modules to be pushed at OPEN time [sptr]
Printer TIME OUT period [120]
STATUS of device at BOOT time available
Ignore the following attributes when using
the Print Queue:
Number of LINES per page [66]
Number of COLUMNS per page [80]
Number of COLUMNS to indent [0]
Send all characters to printer UNMODIFIED no
Send BACKSPACES yes
WRAP CHARACTERS beyond the specified width no
Send FORM FEEDS yes
Send CARRIAGE RETURNS yes
Send LINE FEEDS yes
Add CARRIAGE RETURNS to LINE FEEDS yes
Convert lowercase to uppercase no
Expand TABS on eight position boundaries yes
Return on ERROR no
I have a print queue on AIX 5.1 that i will say
qadm -U LPT1
and it goes up for a second.
Then it immediately goes into "DOWN" status.
THese are the settings for this printer.
Does anyone have any ideas what I am missing or what I might try?
Printer/Plotter lp3
Printer/Plotter type osp
Printer/Plotter interface rs232
Description Other seria
Status Available
Location 1P-08-22-12
Parent adapter sa3
PORT number [12]
Use Alternate RJ-45 Pinouts enable
BAUD rate [9600]
PARITY [none]
BITS per character [8]
Number of STOP BITS [1]
FLOW CONTROL to be used [xon]
OPEN DISCIPLINE to be used [dtropen]
STTY attributes for RUN time [clocal]
STREAMS modules to be pushed at OPEN time [sptr]
Printer TIME OUT period [120]
STATUS of device at BOOT time available
Ignore the following attributes when using
the Print Queue:
Number of LINES per page [66]
Number of COLUMNS per page [80]
Number of COLUMNS to indent [0]
Send all characters to printer UNMODIFIED no
Send BACKSPACES yes
WRAP CHARACTERS beyond the specified width no
Send FORM FEEDS yes
Send CARRIAGE RETURNS yes
Send LINE FEEDS yes
Add CARRIAGE RETURNS to LINE FEEDS yes
Convert lowercase to uppercase no
Expand TABS on eight position boundaries yes
Return on ERROR no
ASKER
Yes the printer is on, the cable has always worked fine and is attached to the server, and I am not sure how to check if the baud/parity/stop/flow are the same on this printer. It is a serial printer.
This was the error displayed on teh main terminal
qdaemon (WARNING): 0781-088 Queue LPT1:lp3 went down. job is still queued.
Backend: /usr/lib/lpd/piobe /var/spool/qdaemon/tu6xZya
Backend Exit Value: EXITFATAL(0100)
Thank you much for your help.
This was the error displayed on teh main terminal
qdaemon (WARNING): 0781-088 Queue LPT1:lp3 went down. job is still queued.
Backend: /usr/lib/lpd/piobe /var/spool/qdaemon/tu6xZya
Backend Exit Value: EXITFATAL(0100)
Thank you much for your help.
ASKER
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.aix/2003-10/0034.html
This sounds like my issue but no solution was written about it.
This sounds like my issue but no solution was written about it.
ASKER
We just migrated to AIX 5.1 from AIX 4.3
Sorry for the delay in responding; I guess this question would have been better off posted in https://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/AIX_IBMs_UNIX_OS/ ...
Searching for "exitfatal" on www.ibm.com brings back a couple of hits that imply this can be caused by a large/complex print job stuffing the queue up and recommend clearing the job.
A Google for "0781-088" brings back a couple of references:
"The file name in the /etc/qconfig file has an incorrect queue device name. This caused a write error which caused the print queue to die."
"Ensure that the file name in the etc/qconfig file has the name of a valid print device. "
If the problem only arose after the AIX upgrade, it may be worth deleting & re-adding the printer, after using lsdev to check what the devices for the serial ports are...
What type/model of printer is it?
Searching for "exitfatal" on www.ibm.com brings back a couple of hits that imply this can be caused by a large/complex print job stuffing the queue up and recommend clearing the job.
A Google for "0781-088" brings back a couple of references:
"The file name in the /etc/qconfig file has an incorrect queue device name. This caused a write error which caused the print queue to die."
"Ensure that the file name in the etc/qconfig file has the name of a valid print device. "
If the problem only arose after the AIX upgrade, it may be worth deleting & re-adding the printer, after using lsdev to check what the devices for the serial ports are...
What type/model of printer is it?
ASKER
Epson DFX-5000
ASKER
Issue solved by adding the printer as a tty.
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Is this a new printer, or has it been working for a while and has just stopped? Do you have another (working) printer setup that you can switch cables/printers with?