Instead of doing that, why don't you (simply) configure ldev so it is not
initially spooled (when adding it, specify "MODE=NONE") and then, just do an
"OPENQ ldevnum" in SYSSTART.PUB.SYS ?  No need to specify an entry in
NPCONFIG.PUB.SYS...

HTH
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"Jeff Kell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> John Pitman wrote:
>
> > both mpe 7.01 and 7.5
> > ldev x configured in sysgen as a networked printer
> > npconfig contains an entry for it with a non existent ip address
> > device is spooled, suspended.
> > Users send printout to this device, we have a program that finds the
> > spoolfiles, ftps them to a pc directory based on user .account, removes
from
> > out.hpspool .
>
> > Suddenly today, after 6 months of happy operation, get console messages
> > saying spooler stopped on device because it has an error from it. When
we
> > try to startspool and suspendspool it, the system is too quick and we
dont
> > get time to suspend it before it gets errors and stops it again.
>
> Not sure, but ;OPENQ will recover from such a state (don't start the
> spooler but open the queue, leaves device SPOOLED not UNAVAIL or owned
> by a netlp process).
>
> Jeff
>
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