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AIX: General Printing Problems for AIX
7.4.2.
Checking and Using the IPDS Connection
You can check the connection by using the enq command to
place jobs in the queue.
enq -P'psfqueue' -odatat='AFPDS'
/home/afpjobs/afpguide.afp
You can also use the command smit psf_data_type_sel to
enqueue the job.
7.5.
General Printing Problems for AIX
Check the following areas, if you encounter problems when
printing from an AIX system and the general troubleshooting
procedures listed in
have not
helped.
1
Check the BOOTP setup in the/etc/bootptab file.
• Did the print server receive a host name and IP address?
2
Try to refresh or stop and start the Inetdaemon
(stopsrc -s inetd and startsrc -s inetd).
3
Check that the BOOTP server is active.
• use smit inetdconf to verify.
• use smit mkinetdconf to append BOOTP.
4
Are the host name, IP address and hardware address set
up correctly?
• see /etc/hosts for host name / IP address relation.
• use arp -a for hardware address / host name or IP
address relations.
5
LPD: Is the queue correctly configured?
• use smit, qchk, lpq or lpstat.
• see /etc/qconfig
You may need to refer to the AIX manual Problem Solving
Guide and Reference, document no. SC23-2204, chapter 8