topic adding a printer in Operating System - HP-UX

adding a printer

V. V. Ravi Kumar_1 — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:02:19 GMT

hello all,
iam trying to add printer,which is on the network, in hp-ux 11.11. with no printer is configured on the system the following are the output of different commands.

#lpsched
scheduler is running
#lpshut
scheduler is not runnig
#lpstat -r
scheduler is not runnig
#ps -ef|grep lp
no output

why it is happening?
further when i issue the following lpadmin command

lpadmin -plipi -v/dev/null -mrmodel -ormlipi -orpps-1eb639-p1 -ocmrcmodel -osmrsmodel -ob3

it is giving the following error
either
cannot open member file
or
cannot open status file

can anybody tell me how to add the printer. the details as follows

printer IP: 96.0.0.8
printer port: ps-1eb639-p1
printer name: lipi

thanks in advance
ravi

Re: adding a printer

Shahul — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:19:13 GMT

Hi

U follow these steps

First make sure that U are able to ping to the printer.. This just to confirm that Ur network connectivity is ok or not .. then

open sam and follow this

sam->printers and plotters->lp spooler->Printes and plotters->action->add printer

Here select network printer and give the rqd parameters care fully. Once U have done, come out of sam and do this

#lpstat -t

Make sure that ur printer scheduler is running and printer is enable and accepting the request. If not ok

#lpsched
#enable
#accept
#lpstat -t

#lp -d

Check up printout is coming or not

Best of luck
Shahul

Re: adding a printer

Sanjay_6 — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:21:48 GMT

Hi,

Try hp jetdirect to add a network printer,

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNum=J4189AA&prodName=hp+jd+printer+installer+for+hp-ux+11.x&locale=en_US&taskId=8418&taskName=download+drivers+%26+software&prodTypeId=13037&prodSeriesId=27349&prodSeriesName=hp+jd+printer+installer+for+hp-ux+11.x

Download it from the link and install the same. There is a readme which will help you.

Or you can download the older version, called jetadmin like this,

ftp ftp.hp.com
username : anonymous
password : your_email_address
bin
cd /pub/networking/software
get HP11d621.SD (for hp 11.x)
bye

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: adding a printer

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:25:44 GMT

Hi Ravi

1. When you do a lpshut it stops the scheduler so that there cant be any lp process running , hence the output.

2.why it cant find the memeber is there no file defined in /usr/spool/lp/memeber witht that name . the absic command to add a printer is lapdmin -p -v/dev/null < device where the printer is connected /dev/null when the printer is on lan> -m

Do use the coomand w/o the other options and may be use jet admin to add a network printer

Manoj Srivastava

Re: adding a printer

V. V. Ravi Kumar_1 — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:32:03 GMT

when running through sam iam getting the following error.
The command "/usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr" was successful with the following
exception: lpstat: "lipi" not a request id or a destination lpstat: no entries lpstat: can't open output queue file
A potential problem occurred doing "accept lipi". Stderr from this
command is "/usr/sbin/accept: destination "lipi" non-existent".
A potential problem occurred doing "enable lipi". Stderr from this
command is "/usr/bin/enable: printer "lipi" non-existent".

pl suggest me what to do

ravi

Re: adding a printer

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:41:27 GMT

Hi Ravi

what is the o/p of lpstat -t , i believe that there some problem , why dont you just recreate a printer wiht another name then lipi , or delete the current one

lpshut
lpadmin -xlipi

and then recreate it .

I would still prefer that you use jetadmin and that is not so sticky.

Manoj Srivastava

Re: adding a printer

Sachin Patel — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:34:32 GMT

Hi V.V

You are missing some directory or permission problem.

/etc/lp/*
/var/spool/lp/*
/usr/lib/lp/*

Sachin