HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

Table 4-2 Printer Problems and Solutions (continued)
SolutionProblem
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
Printing does not resume
after paper jam or paper out.
Use the “Save/Restore Print Configuration” menu item in HP
SMH.
The LP spooler configuration
needs to be restored.
Enter
rm /var/spool/lp/SCHEDLOCK
and try again (you must be superuser).
The LP spooler will not start
when using lpsched.
Enter
kill-15 process_id
where process_id can be found with the
ps -ef | grep lpsched
command (see ps(1)).
The LP spooler will not stop
when using lpshut.
Typical LP Commands for Users and LP Administrators
Any user can queue files to printers, get status of the LP system, cancel any print job,
and mark printers in and out of service.
The following LP commands can be issued by any user. Consult the HP-UX manpage
for options and usage.
Table 4-3 LP Spooler User Commands
DescriptionCommand
Sends a print request to a printer or plotterlp(1)
Prints information about the status of the LP spooler. Reports status of the
scheduler, printers, printer classes, and default system printer.
lpstat(1)
Cancels print requests of spooled files, specified by request IDs.cancel(1)
Changes the status of the named printer to activate it and enable it to print
spooled requests.
enable(1)
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