Batch network printer installation

[Francis Hwang]

I need the command to install network printer from HP-UX. I have over two hundreds of them. I want to use a batch file to do this. What is the right lpadmin options I need to use to a HP 4si and a LexMark M412n printer. Thanks in advance!

[S.K. Chan]

# lpadmin -p -v -m# accept
# enable

Look for the model script in /usr/lib/lp/model.

[Francis Hwang]

I apologize that I didn't explain very clear at first. These are all network printers which all have their own network card and IPs. I know you can do it through JetAdmin . But for over two hundred printers, batch job seems to be the right way to do it. Thanks again!

[S.K. Chan]

To add a Jetadmin printer from command line, use this :-

# addqueue [-c class] [-d] [-i printerID] -h hostname -q queuename -p port

Do a "man addqueue" for details. You could probably write a simple script to loop the above to all the printers.

[D. Jackson_1]

You might give this scripts a shot.

First collect all the printer names and put them in a file (p-queues)

#!/bin/ksh
> added.log
for i in `cat p-queues`
do
echo $i
addqueue -q$i -h$i >> added.log 2>&1
done

Run that a few times and see if it gets all of your printers.
It is not guranteed to work but it has worked for me in the past.


Good luck

[Bill Hassell]

Really easy (IF they are both JetDirect connected). To see if they are JetDirect printers, use the command:

/opt/hpnp/bin/hpnpadmin -A

It will either say:

*** Receive NO snmp response!
*** (printer down, cable off, or wrong Get community name?)

or

is a network printer

The first reply indicates that the IP-address is not an HP JetDirect network card, so it can't be configured in batch mode.

So the command line is:

/usr/hpnp/bin/addqueue -h -q queuename

Repeat as many times as needed...

[Francis Hwang]

Thanks guys. The hpnpadmin command works. But I wonder how to tell the difference between HP4si and LexMark M412n network printer? I mean, if you use lpadmin, don't you need to specify -orm -ocm -osm or -m options? Addqueue command doesn't tell any difference between any models. Any more input will be greatly appreciated!