On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> If the printers are attached to an HP JetDirect box:
>
> Telnet to the IP address of the print server, and post the output of the "/"
> command.
Add'l datapoint before I post the output: it seems that the queues (all of
'em!) get hung up on the last job of any given number (from 1 to N) that
are submitted at the same time. So, if I submit (say) four jobs, all will
print, but job #4 will appear to stay in the queue with a size of 0:
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st root 3 ... 0 bytes
If I lprm the job, and restart /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpr, it works fine for the
next batch, and so on. Clearly, however, even with a funky expect script,
this ain't the way to fly.
All the printers (save, again, the lone, dread Sharp) are HP printers with
internal JD cards, ranging from a 4050 to an 8550C. For the 5000 (the one
near me), here's the output from "/":
===JetDirect Telnet Configuration===
Firmware Rev. : G.08.04
MAC Address : 00:10:83:f4:e0:ef
Config By : DHCP
IP Address : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway : 192.168.1.19
Syslog Server : Not Specified
Idle Timeout : 15 Seconds
Set Cmnty Name : Not Specified
Host Name : NPIF4E0EF
DHCP Config : Enabled
Passwd : Disabled
IPX/SPX : Enabled
DLC/LLC : Enabled
Ethertalk : Enabled
Banner page : Enabled
All of which looks pretty good to me for TCP/IP-cum-LPR printing. (I
changed the timeout from the original 90 to 15, hoping that that would
help clear any TCP port blocking that might have been occuring, but no
difference whatsoever appeared to take place.)
-Ken
P.S. Argh! My ******* notebook seems to work fine! Stock RH 6.2 lpr.
Time to run some straces and/or sniffs, I'm afraid.
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