Setting printer status from STOPPED to IDLE

[Helge Blischke]

Bawenang wrote:
> Hi, I've read in the development forum:
> 
> QUOTE from http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s933+gcups.development+v941+T1:
> "The standard CUPS backends only use this exit code for absolutely fatal conditions such as bad URIs and other errors that require the administrator/user to manually fix the problem."
> 
> So if my application runs into this error and the admin has fixed the problem manually, how do I set the status to IDLE again from STOPPED in my application? My plan is I'll just make a button that can be clicked by the admin to clear the jobs queue and set the status to IDLE. I know that to clear the queue I'll just call cupsCancelJob(). But how to set the printer status? I believe there's a function called SetPrinterState() in printers.h. Do I have to call that function? If I do, what are the parameters? I can't find the explanation anywhere.
> 
> Sorry if the questions are rather stupid. I'm still a beginner in programming with CUPS.
> 
> Thanks alot in advance.

In the web interface, hit the "start printer" button, or, on the command line,
type
	enable your_printer_s_name

Helge


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