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Re: Kernel message: lp1 out of paper
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cs96sjd@brunel.ac.uk)
Mon Oct 26 10:20:38 1998
From: cs96sjd@brunel.ac.uk
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981026065853.909A-100000@salmo> from Rich Shepard at "Oct 26, 98 07:03:17 am"
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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:18:57 +0000 (GMT)
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Rich Shepard said something like :
> A few days ago I created /etc/hosts.lpd on the server so that the two
> networked workstations could access the printers attached to the server.
>
> Since then /var/log/messages keeps printing the message,
>
> Oct 26 07:00:17 salmo kernel: lp1 out of paper
> Oct 26 07:00:57 salmo last message repeated 4 times
> Oct 26 07:01:57 salmo last message repeated 6 times
> Oct 26 07:02:17 salmo last message repeated 2 times
>
> Why am I getting this message, and what do I do about it? Both printers on
> the server are off now, but that doesn't make any difference.
Turn them on and see what happens....
Someone's sent something to the printer from either the server, or one of the workstations and the server has the jobs queued to print. For some reason the server cannot contact the printer (perhaps the cables loose, not plugged in or whatever. It may even be out of paper !! )
To clean a printer, use lprm, (lpc might work if it exists, can't remember). But try turning the printer on first.
Simon D
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