Remote Printing

[Robert True]

Anyone know how to assign a remote printer to print to a remote system on a particular tcp port #

ie: Ip 10.1.2.3 port #3001

[Jordan Bean · Accepted solution]

Remote printers only use port 515.

Would you happen to be using a Lantronix printer server?

[Robert True]

Naw, it is a Citrix server, and the longer I try to explain what the remote end says, the more convinced I am that the citrix guy doesn't know what he needs to set up. He should estab. the printer mapings and tell me the names to print to, not different port #s. His daemon should listen on port# 515 the same as mine. Thanks for the responce.

[Jordan Bean]

Is it necessary to printer through the Citrix layer? Whatever the platform, I'd insist on running a LPD daemon. If the Citrix server is running on W2k, then the admin needs to install/enable the internet printer service. If on HP-UX, then [you] can enable the rlpdaemon. Or does Citrix monkey with everything to make it more difficult?

[Robert True]

Yes, got to go through the Citrix, its a RAS type of issue. Just have to wait until our Citrix guy gets back to tell the remote end how to set the mapping up.

[Jordan Bean]

Ah. Well, I'm interesting in knowing how this is done just in case we have to provide the same printing solution here through our Metaframe farms on W2k. (Ugh.)

[Rich Wright]

If you try the following test, does it work?

telnet 10.1.2.3 3001
TEST MESSAGE
^L
^]
quit

If it works and prints a page with "TEST MESSAGE", then you can modify a new or existing jetadmin defined printer file (/etc/lp/interface/) changing xPORT= to xPORT="-p 3001".

This would be configured as a network printer and not a remote printer.

[Bill Hassell]

Just a note about JetAdmin utilities: they are designed for HP's JetDirect products so the protocol used over the socket connection must match HP's protocol. This is a case where "network printer" has a very different meaning than "remote printer". A remote printer is RFC 1179 which most Unices and some Windows versions do support. And for non-JetDirect cards/adapters, RFC 1179 (port 515) is implemented to appear as if it is actually a computer with a locally attached printer.