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1. remote print queues go down when printer is off-line (out of paper)

Hi,
We used to use Banyan (unix) print queues that sent their jobs to
network/remote print servers - EXTENDNET - or PCs running print server
software, so that before going to the printer the jobs were spooled on a
PC or the EXTENDNET device attached to the printer.
Since we've started using the D-LINK and EXTENDNET  print servers with
TCP/IP, our AIX queues have been going down when the printer is off-line
(out of paper), the queue needs to be then manually brought back up by:
qadm -U$qname.
I have tried increasing the ptop value as suggested in previous posting
of a similar kind - to no avail.
Is there a way of setting the queues up so that they either don't go
down (when paper is out) - is setting up a cron script a good idea to
check and bring-up  the queues or - is there a better way that you know
of?
Could anyone shed some light on this please?

The configuration is as follows:
Print Queue: remote queue, local filtering before sending to print
server, type: hplj3, type of print spooler: BSD
Print Server: DLINK-DP101 - using TCPIP, attached directly to the
printer
Printer: LEXMARK OPTRA

Thanks in advance,
Wojtek Kowinski

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