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From: hubert@entropy.UUCP (Steve Hubert)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: lprm hangs printer
Message-ID: <256@entropy.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 16:04:05 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 16:04:05 1986
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Organization: UW MathStat, Seattle
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I presume that this is a well-known problem, but I have not
seen a fix or an explanation for it myself.  When the 4bsd (4.[23])
line printer spooler is printing a job and you lprm the active job
it will hang the printer queue as often as not.  Has anyone looked
into what is happening and perhaps come up with a fix or am I doing
something wrong that is causing the problem?

Also, when the system crashes while a job is actively printing the
queue will often be hung after reboot.

Steve Hubert
 Dept. of Stat., U. of Wash, Seattle
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