From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 21:40:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D01BE10656D8 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 21:40:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923038FC14 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 21:40:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p25LevTZ090396; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:40:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p25Leu8P090393; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:40:56 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:40:56 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Rem P Roberti In-Reply-To: <20110305201443.GA2720@bsd.remdog.net> Message-ID: References: <20110305201443.GA2720@bsd.remdog.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:40:57 -0700 (MST) Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Printer Offline X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:40:58 -0000 On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, Rem P Roberti wrote: > I have a printer, which was installed and is working under CUPS, that seems > to go offline of its own accord. And when that happens I have found no > other option than to reboot. I know, I know...you should never have to > reboot, but that's the only thing that seems to work. When I check out > localhost:631 everything looks good, and all the uncompleted jobs are > there patiently waiting to get processed. But, as I said, the jobs > can't get done without a reboot. When I do reboot, just before the > login prompt shows up, the printer jumps into action and all of the > uncompleted jobs get processed. I should also point out that > immediately after reboot the printer works flawlessly, printing on > demand. It is only after being idle for a while that it just seems to > go offline, without any warning. The model of printer and how it is connected are likely important. First guess would be power-save shuts down the printer and it's not being woken up again. CUPS has an lpstat program which may be able to tell you something useful about the state of the printer.