[10374] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.4H: printer daemon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Fri Mar 19 01:32:24 1993
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 93 01:32:19 -0500
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@mit.edu>
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: ckclark@mit.edu
System name: w20-575-44
Type and version: KN02ca 7.4H
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
Print a file.
What's wrong:
The printer ran out of paper. I added more paper. It started
printing. However, when I did an `lpq', it still printed the message:
W20-575-P.MIT.EDU... Printer Error: may need attention! (out of paper)
while the current document was still printing out. After the current
document finished printing out, `lpq' started printing the message
`ready and printing' like it should.
What should have happened:
If possible, ``Printer error'' messages from lpq should
disappear as soon as the problem is resolved. There should be no need
to wait until the current file is done printing to find out if it is
really fixed.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
lpq(1)
