[cups.general] Probles with CUPS Hanging Up Frequently

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Aug 30 14:46:33 PDT 2011


What version of CUPS are you using?

What driver(s) are you using for the printers, if any?


On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Donovan Murray wrote:
> I am running SUSE Enterprise Linux. serving up an application for roughly 150 users. There are 100 serial printers connected via Perle Terminal Device Servers to and configured on the system.
> 
> My problems is that very frequently CUPS halts and all printing stops. The admin then has to go into /var/spool/cups and deletes all the files in there (C# and D# files). He also deleted all the files in /var/spool/cups/tmp and then restarts CUPS before anyone is able to print. Can some one please explain this to me?
> 
> When I read /var/log/cups/error_log there are lines containing Print_job: too many jobs. max jobs is 500. I just do not believe that we are maintaining 500 jobs in memory at any one time. How can I check this?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your answers.
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