topic Re: Where are IP/hostname of Printers on HP-UX stored? (Change Printer Queue IP/Hostname ) in Operating System - HP-UX

Where are IP/hostname of Printers on HP-UX stored? (Change Printer Queue IP/Hostname )

Alzhy — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:38:16 GMT

Is there an alternative to the following procedur of changing a Print Queue Definiton's IP address?

lpshut

lpadmin (delete and recreate with new IP/hostname)

lpsched

Is there not a file we can simply edit? Where are the IPs and Hostnames stored?

Our servers typically average over 3,000 printer definitions.... and we need to change a number of these..

Re: Where are IP/hostname of Printers on HP-UX stored? (Change Printer Queue IP/Hostname )

Bill Hassell — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:17:29 GMT

Were all of these printers setup using lpadmin or were they setup using the JetDirect (hppi) utility? With JetDirect printers, the IP address (or hostname) is stored in the generic interface script for each printer in /etc/lp/interface. For lpadmin printers, the information is buried in the /var/spool/lp/pstatus file which is binary and cannot be edited. You can view the file with: vis /var/spool/lp/pstatus. So you'll have to script the changes using lpadmin (delete and then re-add).

Re: Where are IP/hostname of Printers on HP-UX stored? (Change Printer Queue IP/Hostname)

Dennis Handly — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:26:26 GMT

> So you'll have to script the changes using lpadmin (delete and then re-add).

Hopefully save the 3000 lpadmin commands for next time.

Re: Where are IP/hostname of Printers on HP-UX stored? (Change Printer Queue IP/Hostname)

Alzhy — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:09:51 GMT

All of the printers were lpadmin configured -- regardless if they were Jetdirect interfacd (HP) or not. All our printers are "dumb" - they print / stream "print files" -- Postscript mainly or PCL encoded Text files. We've Lexmarks and Xerox/Phasers and HPs -- and we never used the native "print software" bundled with the printers.

I guess we've no choice but to script this one --- automation is not the problem, the issue is we have a very short window to do these printer changes.

Oh well - maybe set up a central print server next time. (or it's likely a bad'der idea?).

Re: Where are IP/hostname of Printers on HP-UX stored? (Change Printer Queue IP/Hostname)

Dennis Handly — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:49:22 GMT

>All of the printers were lpadmin configured

Next time, save those commands.

>I guess we've no choice but to script this one --- automation is not the problem

But automation is the solution. We use a NIS group with the tuple to add remote printers.