[cups.general] Re: Print file sent, waiting for printer to finish...never goes away

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 24 February 2006 14:37, Pat H. Minatra wrote:
>> "Pat H. Minatra" wrote:
>> > > "Pat H. Minatra" wrote:
>> > > > We have just brought up a Linux Red Had 4.0 server using CUPS
>> > > > v.1.1.22 and are having a slight problem in that several of
>> > > > the print queues will have the following information AFTER
>> > > > printing to them:
>> > > >
>> > > > Print file sent, waiting for printer to finish...
>> > > >
>> > > > This information is gotten by using the following command:
>> > > >
>> > > > lpstat -t | grep printer | more
>> > > >
>> > > > The ONLY way I have been able to make this go away is by
>> > > > issuing the following two commands:
>> > > >
>> > > > /usr/bin/disable AWDLT2
>> > > > And then
>> > > > /usr/bin/enable AWDLT2
>> > > >
>> > > > (where AWDLT2 is my print queue name).
>> > > >
>> > > > Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?
>> > > >
>> > > > I have been unable to track anything down via the CUPS website
>> > > > or other searches.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thank you for any help.  Please feel free to respond to my
>> > > > email address of pminatra at hsutx.edu.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks again.  Pat H. Minatra  02.17.06
>> > >
>> > > This message comes from the socket backend and indicates that
>> > > the socket shutdown (which is initiated by the backend) did not
>> > > succeed within, I think, 90 seconds. I suspect that the printer
>> > > does not behave soundly.
>> > >
>> > > As a workaround, you may use a backend wrapper script (see
>> > > linuxprinting.org; I've forgotten the name of this script).
>> > >
>> > > Helge
>> >
>> > Thank you Helge, I appreciate your help.
>> >
>> > I downloaded the BEH from http://www.linuxprinting.org/beh.html
>> > and installed as per instructions and documentation.
>> >
>> > I have no improvement in my situation as the queues still give the
>> > same messages and I have 'random' queues go down which I had hoped
>> > would stop this and it did not.
>> >
>> > I would like to see if any further suggestions or solutions might
>> > be possible.
>> >
>> > Thank you so much.
>> >
>> > Pat H. Minatra
>>
>> In this case, you should either
>> a) modify the socket backend accordingly,
>> or
>> b) from the wrapper, beh, kill the original backend after a certain
>> time.
>>
>> Helge
>>
>>
>> --
>> Helge Blischke
>> Softwareentwicklung
>> SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
>> http://www.srz.de
>
>It does not appear that the system is actually 'seeing' the beh.  I
> have tried settis of: beh:/0/1/60/socket://10.1.1.55:9100
>beh:/1/0/60/socket://10.1.1.55:9100

Humm, while that might be correct for your situation, thats not what I 
see in the web pages formatted reports.  Mine look like:

Device URI: beh:/1/0/30/usb://EPSON/Stylus%20C82

from this machine, and from mozilla on any other machine on my network, 
the title line of each printer says, when looking at 
http://localhost:631:

EPSON Stylus C82 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0-rc2 on coyote

coyote being this machine and verified by just doing a test page to the 
360dpi version of this printer from a copy of mozilla running by X 
forwarding on the workshop box, which worked just as if I'd done it 
locally.  Then I turned the printer off, sent another test page, waited 
for about 3 minutes and turned the printer back on.  The test page 
printed as expected. The printer is of course a usb printer, if yours 
is a parport, maybe it would look like that, I don't know.  And Till's 
"beh" is only installed on this machine.

A great utility Till, many thanks.

This is not involved with samba's printer sharing in any way that I'm 
aware of, and I don't have samba mounting any printer shares on any of 
my boxes.  Cups does it all for me here.

>I have 'reloaded' CUPS after each change and I see no change in the
> queues trying to act correctly.
>
>I am so new to this that I do not know how to 'modify the backend' so
> I am at a loss.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>Pat H. Minatra
>
>Abilene, TX  USA
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