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Guide to Printers and Printing
DOWN Specifies that the device driver cannot communicate with the printer
(CD or CTS dropped or is low) after TIMEOUT seconds. The TIMEOUT
value indicates the amount of time, in seconds, that the queuing system
waits for a printer operation to complete. You can set this value using
SMIT.
A queue usually goes into the DOWN state after it has been in the
DEV_WAIT state. If a queue goes directly into the DOWN state, either
the TIMEOUT value is too small or there are cabling problems. Usually,
this situation occurs when the printer device driver cannot tell if the
printer is there due to the absence of correct signaling. However, some
printers cannot signal the queuing system that they are only offline.
These printers signal that they are off; they drop CTS (if an lp) or drop
CD (if a tty).
If the printer device is off, the queue goes into the DOWN state. The
system administrator can bring a queue to the DOWN state for
maintenance with the queuing commands (qadm, disable, enq, and
others).
Normal recovery: Correct the problem that brought the queue down
and bring the queue back up using the qadm, enable, or enq
commands with appropriate flags. The queue must be manually brought
up before it can be used again.
HELD Specifies that the job is held and will not be put on the queue until it is
released using the qhld or enq commands
OPR_WAIT Specifies that the backend program is waiting for the operator to
perform a task such as loading paper. This is usually software–related.
Normal Recovery: To recover from an OPR_WAIT state, respond
appropriately to the request that is made by the queuing system.
QUEUED Specifies that a print file is queued and is waiting in line to be printed.
READY Specifies that everything involved with the queue is ready to queue and
print a job.
RUNNING Specifies that a print file is printing.
UNKNOWN Specifies that a user created a queue on a device file that another
queue is using and that its status is DEV_WAIT. The queue cannot get
a status from the printer device (lp0) when it is on hold (DEV_WAIT).
Normal recovery: To correct this, bring down the other queue or fix the
problem with the printer. Bring the new queue down and back up so the
queue registers as READY.
The following status conditions apply to remote queues:
CONNECT Specifies that the backend is trying to connect to the remote host.
GET_HOST Specifies that the backend is getting the host to which the print job will
be sent.
INITING Specifies that the backend is in the process of establishing a connection
to the network.
SENDING Specifies that the backend is sending the print job to the remote host.