Endless print when "remote host did not accept..."

[r.koehler at faktura-edv.de]

Anonymous wrote:
> jimsowens wrote:
> > Jeff, I am new to this newsgroup so I hope I am replying properly.  I have the identical problen you describe here.  I am on Redhat9.  Please let me know if you have found a fix for this problem.
> > Thanks
> > Jim Owens
> >
> > Jeff Stewart wrote:
> > > I am getting the message "Remote host did not accept data file (4)" (and
> > > occasionally control file) periodicaly in a high print volume
> > > environment. The jobs are being sent raw, and it occurs on multiple
> > > printers.
> > > When this occurs, the job *is* actualy being printed, but cups does not
> > > seem to think so. It re-sends the job, over and over until the job is
> > > canceled. This is causing a lot of wasted paper and jobs getting queued
> > > up behind the "stuck" job.
> > > This did not occur before switching to cups from lpr. There has been no
> > > hardware or network changes. The version of cups is from SuSE 8.2
> > > 1.1.18-77.
> > > How can I prevent cups from re-sending the job when this error occurs?
> > >
> > > RTFM answers are welcome, if they point to the right section of the FM!
> > > I havn't found anything elsewhere.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jeff Stewart
> >
> Hi everybody, found the same problem on RedHat9; hope I found a solution on http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/redhat_advisory-3764.html
The only thing I don't understand is: the author says 'prior to version 1.1.19'....and gives a link to update '1.1.17....' I'll try that solution...