RE: problem with lprng

["R. M. Alarcon" <ralarcon@ellman.com>]

> The last job remains in the queue as a "done" entry.  Trying to send a
> new print job gives no error message but simply sends the job somewhere
> in the deep blue yonder.

I can surely relate to that problem. I've had it going on for a while now
(running woody)

Unfortunatelly I'm not able to reproduce it consistently, it just happens
once in a while.

> Ideas on how to get rid of this pesty state are most welcome.

try adding to your printer's printcap entry:

:done_jobs=0

Let me know if it works.



Regards,