Endless Printing

[Michael Sweet]

kevin at omniledger.co.uk wrote:
> Using cups ver 1.1.17-13.3.6
> 
> Every so often we get reports that print over and over, error_log
> contains message Remote host did not accept data file however the
> report keeps on printing again and again until someone notices and
> kills it from the queue

This is most likely a problem with the LPD implementation in your
printer's network interface.

That said, we have made numerous changes to the LPD backend in the
3 years since 1.1.17 was released, so the first thing I would
recommend is to upgrade to the current 1.1.23 release and retest.

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