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

Table 4-1 Additional Printing Tasks (continued)
Additional InformationExampleTask
lj1 and lj2 are source and destination printers
or printer classes. You must issue lpshut and
lpsched. See lpmove(1M) and lpsched(1M).
lpshut
lpmove lj1 lj2
lpsched
Move all print requests
from one printer
destination to another.
For detailed status information on the spooler,
print requests, and printers, use the -t option to
lpstat. See lpstat(1).
lpstat
View the status of
printers and print
requests.
Solving Common Printer Problems
Table 4-2 summarizes printer problems and possible solutions.
Table 4-2 Printer Problems and Solutions
SolutionProblem
Check to see if the printer is enabled, is accepting requests, the scheduler
is running, and the device file is correct. For example, specify
lpstat -t
Make sure the printer is plugged in and turned on.
Check to see whether the printer is out of paper or has a paper jam.
If the printer supports both serial (RS232) and parallel interfaces, verify
that the cable is properly connected to the printer and the computer, and
that the printer is configured for the correct interface.
If the printer is a remote printer, verify that the remote system and its
spooler are running, verify that the printer is enabled and accepting
requests on both local and remote systems, verify that the remote spooler
daemon is running on the remote system. Check other entries in the
procedure “Adding a Remote Printer to the LP Spooler ” (page 171).
If LP spooler was started with logging enabled, consult/var/adm/lp/log
for possible clues about the problem.
Printer will not print.
Cancel the job. For example:
cancel laserjet-1194
Output being printed is not
what you want.
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