remote printer setup shows 3 queue entries

[rcbatlinux]

Hi,

I created a remote queue in smit for a Sharp printer. This is setup as a "BSD" printer. Host name is specified in the /etc/hosts file, printing to PORT1, and queue name is SH.

Below is qconfig entry:

SH:
device = @sals
up = TRUE
host = sals
s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort
l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdlong
rq = PORT1
@sals:
backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak



When doing an lpstat


SH @sals READY
SH: Down (No Paper)
SH PORT1 READY


SH "isn't down". It prints fine. But why does it show 3 times and any idea why it would it would state that there is "No Paper"?

 

[jwtesch]

You know that the first line is for the local queue, and the next output is from the remote queue as formatted by /usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort. Reveiw this to see what is sent back from the printer.

/usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort is simply an AWK script that is formatting what it get's back from the print server. It is likely your print server is not really a BSD print server, but it could be. The easiest way to see what is being sent back is to do an iptrace in the following way.

Start the trace:
iptrace -p 515 -a -b -s <aix_ip> -d <print_ip> /tmp/prt.trc

Next do the lpstat

lpstat -vSH

Then kill the trace
ps -ef | grep iptrace
kill <PID_from_ps>

Then format the data:

ipreport -n /tmp/prt.trc > /tmp/prt.rpt

Look through this and you will see everything sent back from the printer and you can compare to the output of your command.