On Tue, 24 May 2005 cups-request@easysw.com wrote :
> From: Andres Toomsalu <andres@active.ee>
>Subject: [cups.general] CUPS stops out-of-paper printer
>To: cups@easysw.com
>Message-ID: <21422-cups.general@news.easysw.com>
>
>CUPS will stop the network printer if it's out-of-paper more than 
>60
seconds - starting the printer requires admin to start it. How 
to
avoid printer going stopped state or howto autostart it because 
this
kind out-of-paper situation happends quite often and I don't 
it's
normal for users to call to admin person to start the printer
again....
>
>So any ideas how to solve it?
>
>Regards,
>
>Andres
>************************************

I too would like a solution to this problem. For large networks 
with
full time system adminstrators, starting and stopping of printers 
by
admins is feasible but not for small/home networks.

Pointers on how to keep the printer "alive" without admin
intervention would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Pramathesh