[Casper] Stuck print queues

[Eric Young]

hmm.  The script errors out with command not found.... These are local  
print queues that were setup via WGM. ... not sure if lpadmin is  
applicable.

echo Changing error policy on Color_next_to_me_IPP: command not found






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Eric Young
eyoung at thayer.org




On Feb 9, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Ryan Harter wrote:

> Part of the problem is that in Leopard the default job fail  
> procedure is to pause the printer.  Now that you need admin privs to  
> unpause the printer, this can be bothersome.
>
> I've got a script that runs at login the ensures the correct printer  
> is default, and I added this section to the end to change the  
> default error-policy on all printers to abort job.  This has really  
> reduced the calls we get from labs saying the printers are paused.
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> printers=`lpstat -a | awk '{print $1}'`
> for printer in $printers
> do
> 	echo "Changing error policy on $printer"
> 	lpadmin -p "$printer" -o printer-error-policy=abort-job
> done
>
> exit
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Ryan Harter
> UW - Stevens Point
> Workstation Developer
> 715.346.2716
> Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu
>
> On Feb 9, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Eric Young wrote:
>
>> well that works a treat.   Course now I have paused queues for the  
>> printer :-)
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Feb 9, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Brenner, John wrote:
>>
>>> You should be able to send a cancel –a – shell script via casper.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/9/09 12:25 PM, "Eric Young" <eyoung at thayer.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> anyone figure out a way to clear local print queues en mass?
>>>>
>>>> Having an issue where a lab full of machines will all stop  
>>>> printing when one or more stations sends a bad job.  These are  
>>>> local queues managed by WGM.  Right now, I am hitting every  
>>>> machine individually to clear stuck jobs.
>>>>
>>>> It seems to me there should be a way to blast a script or some  
>>>> such, that clears a specific print queue for a whole lab.
>>>>
>>>> any clues would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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