Shared printers can be difficult to maintain because of the multiple processes that interact before the job is output.
For this section, a shared printer had been previously started with the command startshp 3,1,0,s17,lp.unix.
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| Verify that the UNIX queue is started by typing lpstat. | The designated queue should display as Ready. |
| Verify the D3 printer status at TCL by typing shp-status. | This command displays some information on the status of the D3 printer process and its associated filter. |
| Verify if there is a UNIX process started on the D3 line number at TCL by typing pid line.number. | The result should display a nonzero PID. |
| Verify that the filter process is running by typing ps aux | grep lppick. | The filter program and some of its options should display. |
Optional) Kill the shared printer by executing the steps below
if the shared printer cannot be restarted after using shp-kill.
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If any of these steps do not provide the expected result,
try to restart the shared printer with the startshp command. Note: The startshp command has some tracing
facility. See the D3 Reference Manual for more details.
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