From d2c0cf34bcd17f14f0e77b1df81bc993da8254e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Didier Raboud Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 22:10:36 +0200 Subject: Imported Upstream version 3.0.2-20060113 --- README | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 9f182e8..c7af835 100755 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -127,6 +127,21 @@ foomatic-gswrapper Windows). foomatic-rip auto-detects the presence of foomatic-gswrapper. +beh + + Usually, if a CUPS backend exits with an error status other than zero + (for example if a printer is not turned on or not reachable on the + network), CUPS disables the print queue and one can only print again + if a system administrator re-enables the queue manually. Even restarting + CUPS (or rebooting) does not re-enable disabled queues. + + This script makes the handling of such backend errors configurable, so + that the problem can easily be worked around. The execution of the backend + can be periodically repeated and/or the error state of the backend can + be kept away from CUPS, so that the queue stays active. + + See instructions in the beginning of the beh script and in the USAGE file. + foomatic-rip.1 foomatic-gswrapper,1 -- cgit v1.2.3