Printers disabling

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Tim <tryan at nc.rr.com> wrote (Friday 28 July 2006 14:41):

>> Tim <tryan at nc.rr.com> wrote (Friday 28 July 2006 00:59):
>>
>> >> If it is 1.2.x, you can use
>> >>
>> >>   /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o printer-error-policy=retry-job
>> >>
>> >> More gory details are on
>> >>
>> >>   http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/ref-printers-conf.html#ErrorPolicy
>> >>   http://localhost:631/help/ref-printers-conf.html?TOPIC=References&QUERY=#ErrorPolicy
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Kurt
>> >
>> > Thank you, that should do what I want. I'll try it first thing in
>> > the morning. Is there any way to set it for all the printers?
>>
>>   for printer in $(lpstat -p | grep ^printer | awk '{print $2}'); do
>>      /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p ${printer} -o printer-error-policy=retry-job \
>>      && echo "\"retry-job\" is now the ErrorPolicy for printer ${printer}"
>>   done
>>
> 
> Thank you. I know I can script it, but is there a global setting? 

No. Not that I knew it.

> Anytime a new printer is added someone will need to remember to 
> set this correctly.

True.

> It would be much neater to have a globel setting with override 
> capability.

You know about the STR page where you can submit bug reports, but 
also requests for enhancements? Feel free to try if you can convince
ESP that this is a good, useful feature: http://www.cups.org/str.php

> We are always adding new printers for new products and this could 
> easily be overlooked.

Well, we all learn by routine. If you "always add new printers", you
will quickly learn to set the ErrorPolicy like you prefer...

Cheers,
Kurt