How to Set Printer Fault Recovery

1. Log in as superuser or lp on the print server.

2. Set up fault recovery for the printer with the lpadmin command.

   # lpadmin -p printer-name -F recovery-options

   -p printer-name	Name of the printer for which you are specifying fault recovery.
   -F recovery-options	One of the three valid recovery options:  -beginning, -continue, or -wait. See Table 42-3 for detailed information about the valid values for recovery-options.

   The fault recovery setting is entered in the print server's /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/configuration file.

3. Check the information following the After fault heading in the output of the following command.

   $ lpstat -p printer-name -l

Example--Setting Printer Fault Recovery

In the following example, the command sets up the printer luna to continue printing at the top of the page where printing stopped.

# lpadmin -p luna -F continue