Why has my printer given up?

[Tony Facca]

HCART%VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK at cunyvm.cuny.edu   writes:

>     I have a malibu printer on an IRIS 3130. The printer has been working
> OK for some time, but now refuses to print. lpstat -t gives the
> error message
>
>     disabled by scheduler: can't open /dev/ttyd3
> 
> As far as I can see, all the permissions are as they always were
> and resetting them to their old values does not trigger the
> scheduler. Stopping and starting the print queue has no effect.
> 
> Could this be a hardware problem? Or would I get a different
> message from lpstat if it couldn't activate the printer? Any help
> much appreciated.
> 
> Hugh Cartwright, Oxford University.

Could it be that the line has hung up?   Try something to hold the port open
like: 

	nuhup sleep 10000000 < /dev/ttyd3 &

and then re-enable the printer.  This is usually done in /etc/rc.local when the 
system is started, but something may have happened along the way..

Hope this helps.

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