lpr/lpd

[dcomit]

aix 4.3
I want to set up network printing on print servers using lpr/lpd. Are there any known issues with this method?

 

[aixqueen]

Setup ........

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com...mode=9&documents=998138723625152&database=aix

if many machines print to the same printer at the same time...it will eventually
timeout and the que will go down...This happens alot.....especially if you have
a lot of printers printing to the same printer......
You can

Timeout of Printers, what to do?

If the queue is defined as a remote printer with standard processing (backend
is rembak), adding -T60 to the backend line in /etc/qonfig may help. If the
queue is remote with local filtering, then -T60 can be put into the rembak flags
section of /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piorlfb. If the queue is defined using the HP
Jetdirect software (piojetd backend), then -T60 doesn't apply.


lp0:
host = hostname
s_statfilter = /usr/lpd/aixshort
l_statfilter = /usr/lpd/aixlong
rq = queuename
device = dlp0

dlp0:
backend = /usr/lpd/rembak -T99

cp /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piorlfb
/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piorlfb.orig
# vi /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piorlfb
typeset piorlfb_rbflags="-T99" #rembak flags


Some print servers do betther than others......but it does work.

 

[dcomit]

aixqueen,

I'll be using ExtendNet 100zx print servers from Extended systems with just one print queue from one aix box. These work fine on True64 unix.

regards,
D