Fault Recovery

You can define the fault recovery options for a printer only by using the lpadmin -F command.

Printer faults can be as simple as running out of paper or needing to replace a toner cartridge. Other more serious problems may include complete printer failure or power failure. After you fix a printer fault, the print request that was active when the fault occurred begins printing in one of three ways:

• Starts printing from the beginning

• Continues printing from the top of the page where the printing stopped

• After you enable the printer, continues printing from the top of the page where the printing stopped

A print filter is required to continue printing from the top of a page where the printing stopped. A print filter records the control sequences used by the printer to track page boundaries, which the default filters used by the print service cannot do. You will be notified by the print service if recovery cannot proceed with the specified print filter. For information about writing filters, see the System Administration Guide, Volume II, in the Solaris 2.5 System Administration AnswerBook.

If you want printing to resume immediately after a printer fault is fixed, enable the printer with the enable command. For more information, see the System Administration Guide, Volume II , in the Solaris 2.5 System Administration AnswerBook.