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+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)7.t 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
+.\"
+.NH 1
+Troubleshooting
+.PP
+There are several messages that may be generated by the
+the line printer system. This section
+categorizes the most common and explains the cause
+for their generation. Where the message implies a failure,
+directions are given to remedy the problem.
+.PP
+In the examples below, the name
+.I printer
+is the name of the printer from the
+.I printcap
+database.
+.NH 2
+LPR
+.SH
+lpr: \fIprinter\fP\|: unknown printer
+.IP
+The
+.I printer
+was not found in the
+.I printcap
+database. Usually this is a typing mistake; however, it may indicate
+a missing or incorrect entry in the /etc/printcap file.
+.SH
+lpr: \fIprinter\fP\|: jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
+.IP
+The connection to
+.I lpd
+on the local machine failed.
+This usually means the printer server started at
+boot time has died or is hung. Check the local socket
+/dev/printer to be sure it still exists (if it does not exist,
+there is no
+.I lpd
+process running).
+Usually it is enough to get a super-user to type the following to
+restart
+.IR lpd .
+.DS
+% /usr/lib/lpd
+.DE
+You can also check the state of the master printer daemon with the following.
+.DS
+% ps l`cat /usr/spool/lpd.lock`
+.DE
+.IP
+Another possibility is that the
+.I lpr
+program is not set-user-id to \fIroot\fP, set-group-id to group \fIdaemon\fP.
+This can be checked with
+.DS
+% ls \-lg /usr/ucb/lpr
+.DE
+.SH
+lpr: \fIprinter\fP\|: printer queue is disabled
+.IP
+This means the queue was turned off with
+.DS
+% lpc disable \fIprinter\fP
+.DE
+to prevent
+.I lpr
+from putting files in the queue. This is normally
+done by the system manager when a printer is
+going to be down for a long time. The
+printer can be turned back on by a super-user with
+.IR lpc .
+.NH 2
+LPQ
+.SH
+waiting for \fIprinter\fP to become ready (offline ?)
+.IP
+The printer device could not be opened by the daemon.
+This can happen for several reasons,
+the most common is that the printer is turned off-line.
+This message can also be generated if the printer is out
+of paper, the paper is jammed, etc.
+The actual reason is dependent on the meaning
+of error codes returned by system device driver.
+Not all printers supply enough information
+to distinguish when a printer is off-line or having
+trouble (e.g. a printer connected through a serial line).
+Another possible cause of this message is
+some other process, such as an output filter,
+has an exclusive open on the device. Your only recourse
+here is to kill off the offending program(s) and
+restart the printer with
+.IR lpc .
+.SH
+\fIprinter\fP is ready and printing
+.IP
+The
+.I lpq
+program checks to see if a daemon process exists for
+.I printer
+and prints the file \fIstatus\fP located in the spooling directory.
+If the daemon is hung, a super user can use
+.I lpc
+to abort the current daemon and start a new one.
+.SH
+waiting for \fIhost\fP to come up
+.IP
+This implies there is a daemon trying to connect to the remote
+machine named
+.I host
+to send the files in the local queue.
+If the remote machine is up,
+.I lpd
+on the remote machine is probably dead or
+hung and should be restarted as mentioned for
+.IR lpr .
+.SH
+sending to \fIhost\fP
+.IP
+The files should be in the process of being transferred to the remote
+.IR host .
+If not, the local daemon should be aborted and started with
+.IR lpc .
+.SH
+Warning: \fIprinter\fP is down
+.IP
+The printer has been marked as being unavailable with
+.IR lpc .
+.SH
+Warning: no daemon present
+.IP
+The \fIlpd\fP process overseeing
+the spooling queue, as specified in the ``lock'' file
+in that directory, does not exist. This normally occurs
+only when the daemon has unexpectedly died.
+The error log file for the printer and the \fIsyslogd\fP logs
+should be checked for a
+diagnostic from the deceased process.
+To restart an \fIlpd\fP, use
+.DS
+% lpc restart \fIprinter\fP
+.DE
+.SH
+no space on remote; waiting for queue to drain
+.IP
+This implies that there is insufficient disk space on the remote.
+If the file is large enough, there will never be enough space on
+the remote (even after the queue on the remote is empty). The solution here
+is to move the spooling queue or make more free space on the remote.
+.NH 2
+LPRM
+.SH
+lprm: \fIprinter\fP\|: cannot restart printer daemon
+.IP
+This case is the same as when
+.I lpr
+prints that the daemon cannot be started.
+.NH 2
+LPD
+.PP
+The
+.I lpd
+program can log many different messages using \fIsyslogd\fP\|(8).
+Most of these messages are about files that can not
+be opened and usually imply that the
+.I printcap
+file or the protection modes of the files are
+incorrect. Files may also be inaccessible if people
+manually manipulate the line printer system (i.e. they
+bypass the
+.I lpr
+program).
+.PP
+In addition to messages generated by
+.IR lpd ,
+any of the filters that
+.I lpd
+spawns may log messages using \fIsyslogd\fP or to the error log file
+(the file specified in the \fBlf\fP entry in \fIprintcap\fP\|).
+.NH 2
+LPC
+.PP
+.SH
+couldn't start printer
+.IP
+This case is the same as when
+.I lpr
+reports that the daemon cannot be started.
+.SH
+cannot examine spool directory
+.IP
+Error messages beginning with ``cannot ...'' are usually because of
+incorrect ownership or protection mode of the lock file, spooling
+directory or the
+.I lpc
+program.
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