spool printers

[Database Administrator]

Dear all,
I am using AIX 5.3 with IBM P5 series server. I am using network spool
printers also. In case power fails or network link break need to
restart the printer from server side (with enable command). Any one
can help me to solve this problem?
Jayasiri

[Database Administrator]

"gune" wrote in message
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> Dear all,
> I am using AIX 5.3 with IBM P5 series server. I am using network spool
> printers also. In case power fails or network link break need to
> restart the printer from server side (with enable command). Any one
> can help me to solve this problem?
> Jayasiri

There are a few approaches you can take:

1) A script to re-enable down queues
PROS: Fairly simple
CONS: Restarts jobs and they begin printing again from the beginning, job
runs periodically to check queue status even when everything is fine

2) Extend remote queue timeout periods (assuming your queues are remote
queues using rembak or piorlfb)
PROS: Works for short term outages
CONS: Queues eventually go down anyways so you may reduce but not resolve
the issue

3) Give a try to our TCPrint print queue backend (http://www.laixssoft.com)
instead of a remote of JetDirect queue attachment
PROS: Queues never go down, jobs resume where they left off when
connectivity is restored, paper jam resolved, etc.
CONS: Not an integrated part of AIX OS

Best regards,
Paul