Re: Printer Problem

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From: The Remittance Man Delphi Inform...
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1989 22:01

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	About a month and a half ago I posted a request for help with
	a bug in printer handling under 2.2.x of AIX. To summarize,
	when opening a printer, the open call always returns a file
	identifier, even if the printer isn't there. This was further
	complicated by the fact that the close of the printer would 
	hang the process.

	IBM contacted me today to tell me that this problem is to be
	added to their permanent restriction list. That it is to large
	an engineering problem to be fixed. They did state that the
	problem is only with the parallel printer driver, and if
	you have your serial printers cabled properly this is not a 
	problem. IBM did not at all address the "zombie" issue.

-- 
Greg Noel [Gn] Delphi Information Systems, Westlake Vlg, Ca. 
Nothing Works, and Nobody Cares.  -W. Allen

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From: gn@yamnet.UUCP (The Remittance Man @ Delphi Information Systems)
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Subject: Re: Printer Problem
Keywords: Perm. Restriction
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Date: 24 Apr 89 22:01:06 GMT
Organization: Delphi Information Systems, R & D Div., Westlake Vlg, Ca.
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