topic Printer Driver change after printer installation in Operating System - HP-UX

Printer Driver change after printer installation

Mohamed Saleem_1 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:54:38 GMT

I have recently installed a HP printer in a hp-ux server and it went well.

Now i am trying to install the same printer , with a different model being selected. But the hppi program automatically recogonizes the printer model and directing me to the last step of print queue name definition.

How to go about this ?? Please help..

Re: Printer Driver change after printer installation

Court Campbell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:06:25 GMT

use addqueue -l to get the list of model scripts. then use addqueue -i -b off -q -h .

Re: Printer Driver change after printer installation

Mohamed Saleem_1 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:57:07 GMT

I tried. this is what i got.

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test:root# /opt/hpnpl/bin/addqueue -i 19 -b off -q cam2505 -h cam2505
Printer not supported
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printer is a HP color LJ c3505. I am trying to install this as hp ljj 5si ( 19 )

Re: Printer Driver change after printer installation

skt_skt — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:32:11 GMT

you may also copy the interface(/etc/lp/interface/hllj5siqname) and model (/etc/lp/interface/model.org/hllj5siqname )file from an existing queue made of HP LJ5si to the new queue which u need edited( rember to update the right IP adddress in the interface file.

Re: Printer Driver change after printer installation

Court Campbell — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:21 GMT

can you ping cam2505? unless it is defined in dns (or hosts file), you would want to use the ip address of the printer.

Re: Printer Driver change after printer installation

Tim Nelson — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:25:47 GMT

If you simply wish to change the printer driver then simply:

cp mynewdriver /etc/lp/interface/model.orig/myprinter

Re: Printer Driver change after printer installation

Bill Hassell — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:48:31 GMT

> /opt/hpnpl/bin/addqueue -i 19 -b off -q cam2505 -h cam2505
Printer not supported
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You need to get the correct printer script.

> printer is a HP color LJ c3505. I am trying to install this as hp ljj 5si ( 19 )

Not a good idea at all. The 5Si has been obsolete for a decade and there is no reason to assume that there is any compatibility other than ASCII. Download the correct printer script from here:

http://www.hp.com/pond/modelscripts/index2.html

Now addqueue (and hppi) will recognize the new printer. NOTE: HP has made hundreds of different printer models and many are completely incompatible with HP-UX. Do not pick a new printer for HP-UX until you find the printer script in the above website. HP almost never states compatibility with HP-UX for any printers, only Windows and sometimes Macs.