Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Managing Printers, Software, and Performance
Managing Printers
Chapter 7708
Output being printed is
not what you want.
Cancel the job. For example:
cancel laserjet-1194
Printing does not
resume after paper jam
or paper out.
To restart a listing from the beginning:
1. Take printer offline
2. Issue the disable command
3. Clear jam or reload paper
4. Put printer online
5. Issue the enable command
To restart a listing from the stopping point:
1. Take printer offline.
2. Clear jam or reload paper
3. Put printer online.
4. If printing does not resume, issue the enable command
The LP spooler
configuration needs to
be restored.
Use the “Save/Restore Printer Configuration” menu item
in SAM.
The LP spooler will not
start when using
lpsched.
Enter
rm /var/spool/lp/SCHEDLOCK
and try again (you must be superuser).
The LP spooler will not
stop when using lpshut.
Enter
kill-15 process_id
where process_id can be found with the
ps -ef | grep lpsched
command (see ps (1)).
Table 7-2 Printer Problems and Solutions (Continued)
Problem Solution