Resuming job

Gilles Germon ggermon at soubabere.fr
Wed Jan 6 05:12:52 PST 2010


> On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:52 AM, Gilles Germon wrote:
> > cups 1.3.9.17
> > Every month, a customer has to print a very big job.
> > Details here: =
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+question/94758
> >=20
> > I thought this issue resolved, but the operator called me this morning =
> and said: "when I have put new paper into the printer, it has prints a =
> few pages (the printer buffer) and has restarted the print job from the =
> beginning"
> >=20
> > To be short:
> > * If  ErrorPolicy is set to stop-printer, cupsenable enable the =
> printer but the current job is never requeued.
> >=20
> > * If  ErrorPolicy is set to retry-job the job restart from the =
> beginning.
> >=20
> > What is the parameter to tell cups : wait until the printer is online =
> and continue to print the job
>
>
> This is the default behavior unless the printer returns a hard error.  =
> LPD, unfortunately, is a protocol with absolutely no error recovery =
> mechanisms and can lead to this behavior.
>
> If possible, use socket with this printer to avoid this kind of error - =
> unlike LPD, socket does not time out on printer errors.
>
> ___________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer
>
>
>
Michael,

I'll make a test in  socket mode this evening.
I will keep you informed of the result tomorrow.





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