AIX 5.3 Cups Printing Not working

[Paul Conklin]

you are calling the AIX lp and not the CUPS lp it looks like.  if you do a find / -name lp, you'll probably find another one out there.


> Hi Everyone
>
> We have configure Linux based Cups printer 1.4.2 server. We can print ok using lp command from other linux server.
>
> we would like to configure AIX 5.3 server as a client so we can use the same linux based print server.
>
> I installed Cups on AIX 1.4.8 and configured it to poll and browse to proper subnets.
>
> When I try to use lp command with remote printer name it couldn't recognize the printer.
>
> I have enabled the debug2 level for error log and found following entries:
>
>
> Part 1:
>
> D [26/Aug/2012:20:07:36 +0500] [cups-polld ppkcups.printpack.com:631] Found 17 p
> rinters.
> d [26/Aug/2012:20:07:36 +0500] [cups-polld ppkcups.printpack.com:631] Sending 80
> 3016 3 ipp://10.4.60.41:631/printers/ALTPUR13 "Corporate - 2nd Floor Purchasing"
>  "HP LaserJet 4100" "HP LaserJet 4100 Foomatic/Postscript" lease-duration=60 job
> -sheets=none,none
> d [26/Aug/2012:20:07:36 +0500] [cups-polld ppkcups.printpack.com:631] Sending 80
> 3006 3 ipp://10.4.60.41:631/printers/ATLIT250NV "Corporate - 4th Floor - Check R
> oom" "Xerox Nuvera DPS" "Xerox 4045 XES Foomatic/xes (recommended)" lease-durati
> on=60 job-sheets=none,none
> d [26/Aug/2012:20:07:36 +0500] cupsdCheckJobs: 0 active jobs, sleeping=0, reload
> =0
> d [26/Aug/2012:20:07:36 +0500] process_children()
> d [26/Aug/2012:20:07:36 +0500] cupsdFinishProcess(pid=17348, name=2ff22208, name
> len=1024, job_id=2ff22204(0)) = "/opt/freeware/lib/cups/daemon/cups-polld"
> E [26/Aug/2012:20:07:36 +0500] PID 17348 (/opt/freeware/lib/cups/daemon/cups-pol
> ld) crashed on signal 15!
>
>
> Part 2:
>
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:49:52 +0500] process_browse_data(uri="ipp://10.4.60.41:631/pri
> nters/VR1CSR1", host="10.4.60.41", resource="/printers/VR1CSR1", type=803016, st
> ate=3, location="Villa Rica 1 - Customer Service", info="LaserJet 4240", make_mo
> del="HP LaserJet 4240 Foomatic/Postscript", num_attrs=2, attrs=3007a6d8)
> D [26/Aug/2012:19:49:52 +0500] process_browse_data: VR1CSR1 at 10.4.60.41 not found
> ...
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:49:52 +0500] process_browse_data: VR1CSR1 found, type=1803016,
>  hostname=10.4.60.41...
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:49:52 +0500] [cups-polld ppkcups.printpack.com:631] Sending 80
> 3016 3 ipp://10.4.60.41:631/printers/VR1CSR1 "Villa Rica 1 - Customer Service" "
> LaserJet 4240" "HP LaserJet 4240 Foomatic/Postscript" lease-duration=60 job-shee
> ts=none,none
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:49:52 +0500] [cups-polld ppkcups.printpack.com:631] Sending 80
> 3016 3 ipp://10.4.60.41:631/printers/VR1LAB1 "Villa Rica 1 Lab 1" "LaserJet P401
> 4" "HP LaserJet 4100 Foomatic/Postscript" lease-duration=60 job-sheets=none,none
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:49:52 +0500] update_cups_browse: (163 bytes from 127.0.0.1) 80
> 3016 3 ipp://10.4.60.41:631/printers/VR1LAB1 "Villa Rica 1 Lab 1" "LaserJet P401
> 4" "HP LaserJet 4100 Foomatic/Postscript" lease-duration=60 job-sheets=none,none
>
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:49:52 +0500] process_browse_data(uri="ipp://10.4.60.41:631/pri
> nters/VR1LAB1", host="10.4.60.41", resource="/printers/VR1LAB1", type=803016, st
> ate=3, location="Villa Rica 1 Lab 1", info="LaserJet P4014", make_model="HP Lase
> rJet 4100 Foomatic/Postscript", num_attrs=2, attrs=3007d578)
> "/var/log/cups/error_log" 1982 lines, 308139 characters
>
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:54:53 +0500] process_browse_data(uri="ipp://10.4.60.41:631/pri
> nters/VR1PLT1", host="10.4.60.41", resource="/printers/VR1PLT1", type=803016, st
> ate=3, location="Villa Rica 1 - Plate Department", info="Dell M5200", make_model
> ="Dell M5200 Foomatic/Postscript (recommended)", num_attrs=2, attrs=30081b38)
> D [26/Aug/2012:19:54:53 +0500] process_browse_data: VR1PLT1 at 10.4.60.41 not found
> ...
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:54:53 +0500] process_browse_data: VR1PLT1 found, type=1803016,
>  hostname=10.4.60.41...
> d [26/Aug/2012:19:54:54 +0500] select_timeout(0): 86400 seconds to do nothing
>
>
> Part 3: Command I use to print is and error
>
> root at p510test:/#lp -c -d PRISM ./simple
> enq: (FATAL ERROR): 0781-048 Bad queue or device name: PRISM.
>
> Please let me know the next trouble shooting steps to resolve the issue.
>
> Regards
>
> Uxourious