Lpr 'queue full" error<SOLVED>

[Al Plant]

Al Plant wrote:
> Aloha,
> 
> I have a network HP Laserjet 1100 printer that has been running with out 
> failure since 2004 on my office lan using aps2 filter on a FreeBSD 4.9 
> Lpr print server. It became intermittent recently in that it prints 
> files from the command line only. The gui's on the three desktop boxes 
> on the lan (all FreeBSD 8 & 9) no longer print.
> 
> The error is "queue is full" when print job is sent from a gui. It works 
> fine from the command line. Could the aps2 filter have failed?
> 
> Any suggestions as to what to look for appreciated. Search only showed 
> similar questions no answers.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Aloha,

Problem solved:

For the record.

I found a lpc command in "FreeBSD Unleashed."
LPR trouble shooting section.

lpc> clean all

This command used on the client hosts and the server removed a lot of 
cruft left by the printing processes.

It appears to print  as it should after this command.


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