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Remote printer issues

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galger

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Jan 16, 2002
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I am attempting to add a remote printer -- does not print Job hangs in queue. Can anyone tell me, by looking below. why the dev bell is down, yet bell Printer status is in "Ready"-- what do I need to do to bring the device bell up?

Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk
------- ----- --------- --- ------------------- --- ---
bell bell. DOWN
QUEUED 449 foo root 2 1 1
bell: Printer status : Idle.(Ready.)
bell: Printer status : Idle.(Ready.)
bell: Printer status : Idle.(Ready.)
bell: Printer status : Idle.(Ready.)
bell: Printer status : Idle.(Ready.)


 
enable bell

But there's possibly something more fundamental wrong. Can you ping the printer IP?
 
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