[bit.listserv.novell] Offline Printer. Reply

ABTSACS@UWLAX.BITNET (Dan Abts - UWL System/Network Manager) (02/01/90)

>   I have a novell network with 2 serial printers attached.  There ARE
>two serial ports,  and two  parallel  ports.  I  am trying to run both
>printers from the same queue.  The setting up of the queue is ok, both
>printers are spooled to  the  queue,  and  the queue has been added to
>both printers.

>   (Autoexec.sys)
>   queue math create
>   spool 0 to math
>   spool 1 to math
>   printer 0 add math
>   printer 1 add math

>   So far so good, server comes up fine queue MATH is created fine and
>all  looks well.  Well it isn't.  Printer 1 goes Offline for no reason
>that I can find.  Also 'catpure  /p1'  says Printer 1 does not exit on
>server  MATH-I.  Console shows printer 1 as being there  but  offline.
>During the generation  of  the  NOS  I  DID  NOT supply any resources,
>assuming  it would be smart and go hunting for the hardware.  Seems to
>work ok. I now have two questions.

>1) Any idea what may be wrong?
>2) when would one use the resources COM1(no interrupts) and
>                                    COM2(no interrupts).

>   Tim      <Tim_Munro@carleton.ca> Fax:(613) 788-4448

I do the same thing except I do the spool commands last.  I don't know
if that would make a difference.

                                                Dan Abts
                                                Academic Computing Services
                                                Univ. of WI - La Crosse
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