New minor problem with JetDirect hppi command

[David Yandry]

Hello,

I have installed the new JetDirect software under 11i and everything works well except for one minor annoying problem. When I use hppi to create a new printer, a "_1" is always appended to the printer name. The old jetadmin command did this as well. Is there a cure for this?

TIA,
David

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Hi David:

The simple fix is to not use hppi but to instead create a small script that calls the "addqueue" command. Man addqueue for details. I do remember "fixing" this once for somebody so I may look for that solution as well but I actually prefer addqueue.

Regards, Clay

[Mark Greene_1]

If you are using hppi from sam or the command line, after you tell it the printer name, you can select the default queue name by entering 1 at the menu, and then change it to whatever you want. For an existing printer, your only option is to delete and recreate.

HTH
mark

[David Yandry]

Thanks Mark,

I should have added that I know I can edit the "suggested" queue name but I would like a fix so that I don't have to edit anything.

TIA,
David

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Okay David, I flipped through my journals and found the "fix". This was for JetAdmin but it will work for JetDirect as well.

1) cd to /opt/hpnpl/admin
II) cp option6hp optionhp.sav
C) vi option6hp
4)
find these lines:
------------------------------------
i=1
while [ 0 ]
do

# [ Modify by Amit R. Raval to fix the problem of not able to create a
# queue which has "-" in the name on 23rd June 1998.
# aNAME="$QBASENAME"_"$i"
aNAME="`echo "$QBASENAME" | "$SED" 's/-/_/g'`"_"$i"
# ]

if [ -f $INTFDIR/$aNAME ]
then
i=`expr $i + 1`
else
break
fi
done
-------------------------------------
change them to:
-------------------------------------
i=0
while [ 0 ]
do

# [ Modify by Amit R. Raval to fix the problem of not able to create a
# queue which has "-" in the name on 23rd June 1998.
# aNAME="$QBASENAME"_"$i"
aNAME=${QBASENAME}
if [ ${i} -gt 0 ]
then
aNAME="`echo "$QBASENAME" | "$SED" 's/-/_/g'`"_"$i"
fi
# ]

if [ -f $INTFDIR/$aNAME ]
then
i=`expr $i + 1`
else
break
fi
done

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V) Save the file.

That should fix you.

[David Yandry]

Thanks to both of you. I modified "option6hp" file that Clay indicated and now it works just like I wanted it to.

Thanks,
David