Make Cups Default ErrorPolicy Permanent

[Adelino Couto]

> > Adelino Couto wrote:
> >
> > >> I have the default error policy set in cupsd.conf
> > >>
> > >> ErrorPolicy retry-job
> > >>
> > >> Seems to work for me
> > >>
> > >> Denny Snyder
> > >> Systems Engineer
> > >> IT at Johns Hopkins
> > >> 5801 Smith Ave Suite 3110C
> > >> Baltimore, MD 21209
> > >> (410) 735-7613: DESK
> > >> (410) 735-4660: FAX
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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
> >
> Helge thank you  by the hint, but if i do that i don´t see any changes on the printers.conf!
>
> Thanks.
I have been hable to update my version to the latest and now i can do what i wanted to do, but printer by printer. How can i set the default error policy for all printers at a time?

Thanks.