Adding Kyocera printer to HP-UX

[Jino PV]

Hi,

I have to add a Kyocera Mita FS-3900DN to HPUX 11.11. Is there any utility for these kind of printer like xpadmin for xerox printer? I have the IP address of the printer. I can ping to that IP. Now I need to configure the printer. If I use hppi, it gives me error "wrong community".

Please give me the procedure if any one has.

Thanks and regards,


Jino

[d_bachelor01]

Hi Jino,

You can use sam to add printers in HP-UX

sam--Printers and Plotters---LP Spooler--Printers and Plotters-Action--

then add your printer.


-jef

[Jino PV]

Well..If I use SAM to configure the network printer, it uses HPPI in the background. So it will give the error related to community

[Bill Hassell]

You need to contact Kyocera and ask if this particular model supports HP's JetDirect protocol using port 9100 (most non-HP printers do not). If it does, just add the printer like this:

addqueue -h 12.34.56.78 -q kyocera39 -t off -b off

Otherwise, you have to add the printer using the standard Unix remote printer protocol on port 515. You can use SAM but you need to contact Kyocera for the printer's internal name. The remote printer (rlp) protocol requires this name.

[Jino PV]

Hi Bill,

Does internal system name means printer hostname. Do you have procedure to do that? Or "SAM-remote printer add" will work?

Thank you for your reply.

Thanks a lot.

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

No, the internal name is the name of the printer for purposes of a print server. The way a print server works is that it is connected to many printers, such as a WinNT PC used as a print server. The hostname or IP address of the print server does not specify a printer, just a server. This is part of the rlp protocol. SAM will indeed add your printer as a remote printer but there will be 3 boxes for answers:

1. local print queue name
2. remote print server hostname of IP
3. remote printer name (within the print server)

As you can see, you'll be stuck on the answer for #3 and guessing doesn't work well. It might be prn or raw or text, etc.

I did a Google search a long time ago and managed to find the attached document -- unofficial but it's a start. Looks like Kyocera uses the name: lp

NOTE: the rlp protocol does not support any -o options so -olandscape or -oduplex is ignored. Also, you may need to preformat plain ASCII files (like /etc/profile) with ux2dos as in:

ux2dos /etc/profile | lp -dkyocera2

to prevent "stairstepping" down the page and off the right edge of the3 paper.

[OldSchool]

detailed specs for that printer. HPUX supported via "lpr". Linux is supported by PPD...which I believe implies cups, but I could be wrong. Appears to be aimed more at the windows community. see specs:

http://usa.kyoceramita.com/KMAGlobalpub/jsp/upload/product/15116/0/FS-3900DN%20web%20specifications.pdf

so it would be configured as a remote printer on the hp side

[Jino PV]

Thanks Bill. I need to get the information from the customer. But I wanted a confirmation which you have given.


Thanks a lot

Jino