topic Re: lpadmin problem in Operating System - HP-UX

lpadmin problem

frans tigelaar — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:38:38 GMT

Hi all,

I'm having problems to print to tray2 on a printer. This is what I do:

#lpadmin -p -v/dev/null -m -ob3 -tray2

And this is the answer:
lpadmin: illegal key "-otray2

Is it possible to upgrade "lpadmin" or am I doing something wrong. Btw also in jetadmin I can't select an other tray.

Re: lpadmin problem

Graham Cameron_1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:45:04 GMT

Frans

You are using the wrong command.

"lpadmin" is for configuration.
"lp" is for printing.

The rest of your options look a little strange also.
try
"lp -d -ob3 -otray2 ".

This does depend on the printer scripts being set up to handle these options.

see
"man lp"
"man lpadmin"

-- Graham

Re: lpadmin problem

frans tigelaar — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:02:15 GMT

Hi Graham,

Thanks for the reply. it's not the "lp -d" command but the making of the queue "lpadmin" which is giving me troubles. The option "trayX" doesn't work (al my other queues are fine). I'm using HP-UX 11.00 B.

Is it possible that a newer version of "lpadmin" does support the "tray" option. A forum search learned me about this option. If so how do I upgrade this?

Re: lpadmin problem

Bill Hassell — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:37:03 GMT

lpadmin deletes, adds and modifies printer setup but has nothing to do with printer features. ALL option for printing occur using the lp command. The man page you need is: man net_ljx000 and your command would be:

lp -d -otray2

The word tray (or landscape or duplex, etc) does not appear anywhere in the lpadmin man page. All such options are controlled by the printer's model script which is located in /etc/lp/interface/model.orig and these options are triggered by the lp -o options.

Re: lpadmin problem

frans tigelaar — Wed, 05 Nov 2003 08:39:03 GMT

Tnx Bill,

I have to give the option at "lp" instead of putting it in the queueu config file.

Re: lpadmin problem

Bill Hassell — Wed, 05 Nov 2003 08:50:23 GMT

Correct. The reason is that one job may need tray2 and another may want tray1. If lpadmin were to make the setting, it would apply to every job. Same thing goes for all the lp -o options like landscape, duplex, bannerpage, etc.