SUMMARY: printer won't print

From: Irene Kam (kami@verdi.iisd.sra.com)
Date: Wed Jun 17 1998 - 08:15:01 CDT


Irene Kam wrote:
 
> I have a printer that's not printing. The log file
> /var/lp/logs/lpNet contains the following messages for
> each machine that attempts to print:
>
> 06/16 10:44:12 c 2440 <machine> TLIWrite(connection) : disconnect
> received
> 06/16 10:57:11 c 2442 <machine> TLIWrite(connection) : orderly release
> indication

        
        Turns out that somehow the printer was modified to have
        bootp on, when bootp is supposed to be off because it
        does have a static IP address assigned. It was looking for
        a bootp server, couldn't find one, and therefore its IP
        address was incorrect (0.0.0.0). Once bootp was turn off
        (using the printer's menu buttons), everything was OK
        again.

        Thanks a bunch to Todd Herr for finding and solving the
        problem.
        

        Also thanks to Kevin Van Der Hart for making the following
        suggestion:

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        To clear the errors you need to do an lpshut and then restart lpsched
        by typing in /usr/lib/lpsched . This is the only way to stop these
        errors. We have the same problem and it re-occurs on a very
inconsistent
        basis. The only other way to stop the errors for a while is to reboot
        server but that doesn't make anyone too happy.

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