CANCEL PRINT JOBS

Type:

login as root

lprm -P"printername" -

(If the system is running "cups" then you can just run lprm -

eg. lprm -P marion2_overlay -

eg. cancel 1 job ... lprm -P brendale_invoice 105124

ENABLING PRINTERS

Type:

su -

cupsenable "printername"

/etc/init.d/cups start

service cups restart

*** check to make sure the windows firewall has not turned on

*** check also that VPN is connecte. Disconnect it and reconnect it.

search windows firewall and turn it off

run the above stuff again as it needs to start again

reboot the machine

When east gardens stopped printing. you could check the ip where the printer is printing (lpstat) and then check on their windows setting to ensure the printer (under properties) is at that ip address

CHECK IF YOU CAN CONNECT TO PRINTER

End of edit conflict

go to ABE:

type : lpstat -t |grep ufb_bb1

you will get back:

device for ufb_bb1_laser: lpd://10.3.0.138/Laser

telnet 10.3.0.138 515

if it comes back with:

Edit conflict - other version:

Connected to 10.3.0.138. Escape character is '^].

Edit conflict - your version:

Connected to 10.3.0.138. Escape character is '^].

End of edit conflict

Press ctrl sqaure_right bracket

telnet> quit

SPOOLER EXITED WITH ERROR CODE 256

check the hard disk size - df -v

delete anything in the/tmp directory now

RESETTING THE GOOGLE PRINTERS

go to abe14

su -

(password)

/usr/share/cloudprint-cups/setupcloudprint.py

press <enter> until you get a list of printers for the company you are looking for

pick the number next to the Printer on the left

5) Cranbourne

5 <enter>

when it asks to use the prefix = Y

prefix should be bndv-

keep pressing <enter> until its says "these printers no longer exist, do you want to delete" =Y

if it does not ask dont worry about ... it may not ask

Now.....

Open a browser

abe14:631/printers

click bndv-Cranbourne

under Maintenance - try and print a test page

CLOUD PRINTING

If the customer has trouble with their printer ... get them to open CHROME

type chrome devices

NEW PRINTERS

If the printers stop printing

Go to explorer

c:\crecomps\

click on : crecompsw.exe

This will open a window:

Click on the General Tab

It should say if the printing processes have STOPPED, click on START

want to see the jobs that are queued

$CCDIR/printers/<directory or printer> / *.pdf if there is a list of jobs, you can remove them remove the .txt file first remove the .txt.lck second

the only way you can see what printer it is connected to on the windows machine is

run

crecomps, and when you see the general tab, it will say the same of the printer. this is the name of the printer on the windows machine

so you can open the print queue on the windows machine

if all the printers stop on the server end

at a root prompt

service httpd restart

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you can look up the log file

/var/log/httpd/xtreme-access_log-20230702 (date)

this will tell you if the printer has been restarted

if you want to see what print jobs there are:

cd /u/ccxtreme/printers/x2x-VP-printer

ls