topic Re: Lexmark network printer in Operating System - HP-UX

Lexmark network printer

Rich Kloempken — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 21:48:48 GMT

How do I create a print queue for a Lexmark T622 printer using Jetadmin. I am able to ping the network card in the printer, but when I try to create the queue using jetadmin, it responds that it is unable to ping the printer. I downloaded a print driver from the Lexmark site and don't know how to install. The printer is a remote and I am connecting via tcp/ip.

Re: Lexmark network printer

Sanjay_6 — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 21:51:17 GMT

Hi,

you cannot configure a third party printer as a netowrk printer using jetadmin. you can configure the printer as a local printer on another server and configure it a remote printer from another server. jetadmin does not support third party printer.

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=278462410a2901f032/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000024603265

hope this helps.

Regds

Re: Lexmark network printer

Chuck Zearfoss — Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:13:39 GMT

Create the queue by putting in the IP of a HP printer, then go through the configuration and select the model script you wish, etc. After setup is complete, edit the file to change the IP to that of your Lexmark printer.
One thing to keep in mind - if you are printing large jobs to the Lexmark with JetAdmin, and you run out of paper, get a jam, or a windows user sends a job to it, etc. you may see your JetAdmin job reprint from page 1 in the middle of the job.

It looks like the way to fix this is to change the community name string in the lexmark printer. 2 Ways -
1)Use telnet: Telnet 9000
2)Use Lexmark's MarkVision Professional software
a) under settings-network-tcp/ip, at the bottom
b) create a device policy for a print server (if you want to change alot of printers at one time)

JetAdmin and HPPI does SNMP GETs before the print data, one with community string of internal (which Jetdirect cards will answer, but no other vendor), and one with community string of public, which asks for the private mib location. If a printer responds to this one (as the lexmark does with the OID for it's private mib .641.), then the JetAdmin/HPPI will tend to do "status checks" by requesting SNMP OIDs when it detects a dataflow issue (don't know what kicks that off...). Anyway lexmark responds to the status OID request with "no such name" (cuz the OIDs are in HP's private MIB .11.) and then Jetadmin/HPPI restarts the print job from page one. If the community string name in the lexmark is changed from the default of public, JetAdmin/HPPI still performs the initial SNMP GETs, but gets no response in either case, and thus evidently thinks the printer is "dumb" and never does the status checks in the middle of the job, but instead just keeps sending data...
Hope this helps
Chuck

Re: Lexmark network printer

Steve Steel — Fri, 09 Aug 2002 13:29:33 GMT

Hi

Lexmark makes Markvision software which works well on HP-UX and you can download from the net.

Use it as it is Jetdirect compatible.

Steve Steel