Here was my original request:
> This is related to my original DECserver 900 question. I have three
> printers spooled from Digital UNIX 3.2c running LAT on a DECserver 900.
> There are two LA210s and one LA424. The one LA210 works fine. The other
> two are problematic. I can 'cat' a file to each one and it prints. I can
> get into TSM on our MicroVAX and do a TEST PORT and it works fine.
> However, if I try to spool to the LA424, it prints the header page, stops
> dead, and the stays in the queue. If I do an '/sbin/init.d/lpd stop',
> kill the daemon, '/sbin/init.d/lpd start', the header page prints again
> and the job stays in the queue. The message from 'lpc stat' is
> "Attempting to print....".
>
> If I spool to the LA210, I get "Waiting for lock on catalog" ('catalog' is
> the queue name). I've had a terrible time getting someone from DEC to
> return my calls. Anyone else seen anything like this?
Thanks to the folks who responded. I ended up figuring the problem out
for myself after dogging DEC Support for 5 days. Bert (I can't remember
his last name) was the most helpful and sent me the answer AFTER I did it
myself. At any rate, the problem with the printer that printed only the
header page was that I had mistakenly set the output filter to 'xf'. When
I reset it to the LA75 filter, the printer worked like a charm. The
"waiting for lock" problem printer was the result of an LA75 filter
process running amok. I found it with 'lsof' and trashed it and the
printer works fine now. Ah, now it's time to go on vacation!
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Don Newcomer Dickinson College
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Carlisle, PA 17013
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Received on Thu Aug 15 1996 - 21:59:03 NZST