CUPS automatically stops printers

[Joris]

Helge Blischke a écrit :
> Joris wrote:
> 
>>Joris a écrit :
>>
>>>Helge Blischke a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>OK, i'm using it and it works! Nice.
>>>I still need some times to test it more extensively, because that bug
>>>was happening randomly.
>>>
>>>I keep you in touch :)
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm sorry but the problem occured again. The hpnpf backend works
>>well for sure, but the printer sometimes get in "pause" state
>>automatically.
>>
>>Have you got some more infos/hints about this issue ?
>>Anyway, thank you for your time you spent to help me :)
>>
>>Cheers
> 
> 
> Did you see messages like
> 
> E [02/Jun/2005:08:31:07 -0100] [Job 7268] SigPipe: received SIGPIPE
> 
> in your error_log?
> 
> If yes, the printer probably does not honour the @PJL USTATUS JOB and
> related commands which 
> the hpnpf backend issues. Depending on the printer and/or the JetDirect
> firmware version,
> the printer may simply shut down the connection after it has received
> the job instead of
> waiting until the job has been printed ...
> 
> You may use hpnpf as a standalone utility (use "hpnpf" without any
> command line parameters to get a
> short description of all the available options)
> 
> Helge
> 

Yes indeed, i can see this error message in my logs.

My printer (HP8150) firmware is up to date, so the mystery is full :p

Thanks for your help Helge, i'll try to tweak hpnpf later.
Til then, i stick with my auto-restart script.

Cheers.