Make Cups Default ErrorPolicy Permanent

[Helge Blischke]

Adelino Couto wrote:

>> I have the default error policy set in cupsd.conf
>>
>> ErrorPolicy retry-job
>>
>> Seems to work for me
>>
>> Denny Snyder
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>>
>> On 10/27/2009 02:13 PM, Helge Blischke wrote:
>> > Adelino Couto wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>> Adelino Couto wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>> Adelino Couto wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Adelino Couto wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I everybody, i have several servers with Redhat Enterprise AS
>> >>>>>>>> 4.7, and i need to make de default ErrorPolicy of CUPS to
>> >>>>>>>> "retry-current-job". I have made that by adding the line
>> >>>>>>>> "ErrorPolicy retry-current-job" to "/etc/cups/printers.conf".
>> >>>>>>>> But when i go to the tool of printers configuration "printtool"
>> >>>>>>>> and for an example i add a new printer, the line "ErrorPolicy
>> >>>>>>>> retry-current-job" is deleted. What it seems to happen is that
>> >>>>>>>> "printool" makes a reset on the manual definitions that a user
>> >>>>>>>> makes. The GUI of printtool on Redhat does not have that option,
>> >>>>>>>> like Fedora. Does anyone can help me on this? Thank you. Adelino
>> >>>>>>>> Couto.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Use the CUPS web interface instead of printtool
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Helge
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> But in the CUPS web interface i do not have the ErrorPolicy
>> >>>>>> configuration available. Thanks
>> >>>>>> Adelino Couto
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> You should find it ehen selecting thre "set printer options" under
>> >>>>> Policies.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Helge
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> On my CUPS v1.1.22 i dot no have the option Policies.
>> >>>> Maybe a need an upgrade to cups?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Adelino
>> >>>>
>> >>> Sorry, I only have experience with CUPS 1.1.x and 1.3.x.
>> >>> I know the policies have been introduced with 1.2.x, but I don't know
>> >>> how the web interface of 1.2.x supports this.
>> >>>
>> >>> Helge
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> Ok, but what version as the Policies option? v1.2.x?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Adelino Couto
>> >>
>> > Maybe the error policy can only be specified using the lpadmin program.
>> >
>> > Helge
>> >
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>>
> And how come i do that?
> 
> Adelino


lpadmin -p printername -o printer-error-policy=retry-job

Helge