>On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Burns, Scott wrote:

>> I have a Xyplex Terminal server with a few HP printers hanging off the unit.
>> The Xyplex server provides LPD services and each port on the terminal server
>> with a printer attached gets a different queue name, When I set these up
>> under printcap on NetBSD all works great, until one of the printers is
>> off-line or out of paper etc. The NetBSD box will not send print jobs to any
>> printers on that server as it appears if one queue is down at an IP address
>> it thinks all queues associated with that address are down.

Hmm. This does not happen with another host as the printer server. So
I believe the fault is the Xyplex server that simply blocks further
services until all the printers are up again.

Regards,
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                                Michael van Elst

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