CUPS automatically stops printers

[Helge Blischke]

You should only make hpnpf, i.e.

# make -f linux_std.mak hpnpf

And, surely, the ID string modification is OK. I'll change it when I
need
to make other modifications.

Helge

PS: I never touched the hpnptyd stuff but left it there for copyright
reasons.

Joris wrote:
> 
> I forgot to tell, i'm using RAW Printing only.
> And I permit myself to edit the hpnpf.c file to rename the
> identification string to HPNPF/JetDirect, because if I didn't,
> cups would put 2 entries with the name "AppSocket/Jet direct".
> 
> Joris a écrit :
> > Sorry, my bad, i didn't read the associated txt file...
> > But i have some error :
> >
> > # make -f linux_std.mak
> > cc -DSVR4 -DLINUX -DSTDARG -lnsl     -c -o hpnptyd.o hpnptyd.c
> > hpnptyd.c:85: error: conflicting types for `sys_errlist'
> > /usr/include/bits/sys_errlist.h:28: error: previous declaration of
> > `sys_errlist'
> > make: *** [hpnptyd.o] Error 1
> >
> > I do have a hpnpf binary, but I don't know if it's well compiled or not ?
> >
> > Helge Blischke a écrit :
> >
> >> You need to get the sources from the CUPS web site (links section),
> >> compile it
> >> and move the executable to CUPS' backend directory.
> >>
> >> Helge
> >>
> >> Joris wrote:
> >>
> >>> I don't have this backend in /usr/lib/cups/backend nor i don't
> >>> know how to use it ?!
> >>>
> >>> Helge Blischke a écrit :
> >>>
> >>>> Try the hpnpf backend instead of the default socket backend and report
> >>>> how it
> >>>> works.
> >>>>
> >>>> Helge
> >>>>
> >>>> Joris wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi there,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm running a gentoo based samba/cups printserver.
> >>>>> I do have the same problem, which seems to occur on the same
> >>>>> printer : an HP laserjet 8150.
> >>>>> All the others network printer don't seem to be affected by this
> >>>>> issue.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Moreover, i have a "Print file sent, waiting for printer to
> >>>>> finish..." on it, although they're no jobs on this printer,
> >>>>> strange isn't it ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cups is configured to use the "socket" protocol.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Anyone can help with this bug ?? Maybe it's not related to Cups,
> >>>>> but i don't find any relevant infos about this issue in cups' logs.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Marco a écrit :
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have a cups installation (FreeBSD cups-base-1.1.23.0_3) which
> >>>>>> occasionally stops a printer. So the printer is in "Printer State:
> >>>>>> stopped, accepting jobs."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> After manually restarting the printer everything works fine again,
> >>>>>> but this isn't really a solution. I don't want to explain cups to
> >>>>>> all the secretaries.
> >>>>>> The old installation with cups-1.1.6.2 didn't show this behaviour.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Google shows that I'm not the only one with this problem, but no
> >>>>>> one seems to have an answer.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Isn't there any solution to stop cups from stopping a printer?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>

-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
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