I have the following setup:
Alpha 3000/300 (Print server), Alpha 3000/400 and Alpha 200 4/233 all
running Digital Unix 3.2
The 3000/300 has a LAT print queue set up to C.itoh line printer hanging
off a DECserver 300 port (characteristics below).
Until recently things have been fine. Since (possibly) an upgrade to
V3.2, we have occasionaly seen a print job interrupting another. ie,
another person's job is inserted in the middle of the currently printing
job. This looks like some kind of contention problem but I can't see what
can be causing it. Is queueing broken in V3.2 or is there some funny with
the lpd system. The problem is not very reproducable and seems to be
independant of the size of the original print job. I have payed with
queueing on the DECserver.
I'd appreciate any ideas. (printcap etc attached below)
Thanks
Dave...
Dave Rawlinson Email: djr_at_star.rl.ac.uk
Starlink Project Tele: +44 1235 44 6471
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Chilton, Didcot, OXON OX11 OQX
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Server Port setup:
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Port 2: SPARE Server: RLTS10
Character Size: 8 Input Speed: 9600
Flow Control: XON Output Speed: 9600
Parity: None Signal Control: Disabled
Stop Bits: Dynamic
Access: Remote Local Switch: None
Backwards Switch: None Name: PORT_2
Break: Local Session Limit: 4
Forwards Switch: None Type: Hard
Default Protocol: LAT
Preferred Service: RLSTAR
Authorized Groups: 0
(Current) Groups: 0
Enabled Characteristics:
Input Flow Control, Output Flow Control, Queuing
Printcap entry:
===============
lp4|4|lp0|0|lp|citoh|line:\
:af=/usr/adm/lp4acct:\
:br#9600:\
:ct=LAT:\
:fc#0177777:\
:fs#023:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lp4err:\
:lp=/dev/tty0f:\
:mx#0:\
:of=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
:op=PORT_2:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#132:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd4:\
:ts=RLTS10:\
:xc#0177777:\
:xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
:xs#044000:
NB: The queue was originally setup as lp4 and then replaced the defult
queue lp0. All remote queues point to lp4 and have the following entry:
lp4|lp|lp0|4|0|citoh:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lp4err:\
:lp=:\
:rm=rlsaxp2:\
:rp=lp4:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd4:
Received on Mon Jul 03 1995 - 18:13:20 NZST