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deimos

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CUPS on AIX ...
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 06:44:53 AM 		 
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Hi,

I have installed CUPS 1.3.11 on AIX 6.1 and defined printer test1 in CUPS.
Test page from CUPS work fine but when a try to print from command line i get error:

#lp -d test1 hosts
enq: (FATAL ERROR): Bad queue or device name: test1.
#lpq -P test1
qstatus: (WARNING): Invalid printer name: test1
Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk
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                    • ---- --
      • ---

What is wrong in printer definition?

Regards.
Valued Contributor alethad

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Re: CUPS on AIX ...
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 09:27:30 AM   in response to: deimos in response to: deimos's post 		 
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Did you define the printer in AIX? smitty printers

What does your lpstat command for this printer look like?
deimos

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Registered: Mar 27, 2009 10:36:08 AM
Re: CUPS on AIX ...
Posted: Nov 12, 2009 03:15:32 AM   in response to: alethad in response to: alethad's post 		 
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Printer did not defined in AIX. lpstat output is:

  1. lpstat -ptest1
qstatus: (WARNING): Invalid printer name: test1
Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk
-----
---
                    • ---- --
      • ---
  1. lpstat
Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk
-----
---
                    • ---- --
      • ---
deimos

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Registered: Mar 27, 2009 10:36:08 AM
Re: CUPS on AIX ...
Posted: Nov 12, 2009 06:54:47 AM   in response to: deimos in response to: deimos's post 		 
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Problem solved!!!

lp an lpstat in my case was from aix not from CUPS.

With #/usr/local/bin/lpstat -ptest1 and #/usr/local/bin/lp -d test1 file everything works fine.

Regards,
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