topic Re: printer config scripts in Operating System - HP-UX

printer config scripts

Ravinder Singh Gill — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:56:57 GMT

how do i amend printer configuration scripts?

Re: printer config scripts

GGA — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:58:36 GMT

use sam ...

Re: printer config scripts

Gavin Clarke — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:06:29 GMT

/etc/lp/interface and /etc/lp/interface/model.orig could make interesting reading, although that depends what you are trying to do.

Also worthy of note is /usr/spool/lp/request/printername

Although not directly useful for what you want I find it extremely handy to be able to see what is queued to print.

Cheers.

Re: printer config scripts

Ravinder Singh Gill — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:12:28 GMT

a printer does not seem to be working properly, it has a different configuration file compared to one which is. I need to change this so that it is the same as the other one to check if this is where the problem lies. is this the file in /etc/lp/interface/(printername)

Re: printer config scripts

Gavin Clarke — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:10:19 GMT

Yes it is.

Re: printer config scripts

Gavin Clarke — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:13:01 GMT

You can also use hppi and/or SAM to look at the model script that the printer is using.

This could be easier than trying to copy interface scripts about the place.

Re: printer config scripts

Gavin Clarke — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:23:29 GMT

Oh they both get involved, this is taken from /etc/lp/interface/printer

# This script invokes the original model script from the
# subdirectory model.orig and pipes its output to hpnpf.

So I would try diff /etc/lp/interface/printerthatworks /etc/lp/interface/printerthatdoesnt
and
diff /etc/lp/interface/model.orig/printerthatworks /etc/lp/interface/model.orig/printerthatdoesnt

Although it is still easier to just remove the printer and recreate it using hppi and/or SAM.

Re: printer config scripts

Ravinder Singh Gill — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:28:58 GMT

Thanks for your help guys

Re: printer config scripts

Gavin Clarke — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:29:57 GMT

Go easy on the points there.

I hope it helped you solve the problem.