PLS HELP....AIX (Frequent Remote Printer Down)

[sraj142]

Hi...Guys
Please help me. I have problem with some remote printer installed(LPT1) in IBM AIX 5L. I am using LPD Demon to take print from AIX. But oftenly the print queue is showing down & I have to enable the printer again & again. I am using 64KBP leased line which almost giving 99% uptime.
Is there anybody to help me out...how to solve the trouble. Please let me know.

 

[mrn]

Create a script that checks the queue and re-enables it if it's down something like (Not tested) and run from crontab.

enq -qs -A |
while read printer dev status
do
if [ "$status" = "DWN" ]
then
enable $printer
fi
done

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[KenCunningham]

Seems to work for some printers Mike, but I don't know whether the enable would work if the printer name is longer than the 'Queue' field allows in the output of enq -qs -A.

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[KenCunningham]

If it's only the one printer, adapt Mike's script like:

lpstat -pprintername |
while read printer dev status
do
if [ "$status" = "DOWN" ]
then
enable printername
fi
done

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[cspilman]

If you wanted to check all printers and want to avoid the name length issue, you could do something like:

lsallq | while read printer
do
  lpstat -p${printer} | while read pname dev status
  do
      if [ "${status}" = "DOWN" ] ; then
         enable ${pname}
      fi
  done
done

Regards,
Chuck

 

[sraj142]

Hi Guys...thank you all for the reply, But what about the jobs in the queue which are already printed but, not cleared from queue. After enabling printer thease jobs will also be printed out, which I need to overcome.

Pls help.

Regards,
sraj142

 

[mrn]

See thread52-1182246 for a few different ways to do this.

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."