Change network printer 'location'/IP/hostname

[lbdwag]

Hi:

I could not find anything on how to change the 'location'/IP/hostname of a current network/remote printer on HP-UX 11.31.

I would rather not delete and re-add it, since all I really need to do is change this 1 piece of information.

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Don

[Tim Nelson]

Which is it.. A network based printer or a remote printer. They are different.

[lbdwag]

It is a printer that has a Jetdirect card installed and sits directly on the network.

[Tim Nelson]

Ahh.. network printer.

review /etc/lp/interface/PRINTER_NAME

grep for PERIPH=

if using a hostname then edit /etc/hosts

if using IP address then edit the interface file for the new IP address ( would recommmend creating a hostname and then next time you only have to edit the host file ).

Nothing more to do...

[lbdwag]

That does not exists in my file(s).....

[Tim Nelson]

You have no file under /etc/lp/interfaces/ with a name of your printer ??

[lbdwag]

there are files there: lp0 lp1 lp2, etc... but when I ran: cat lp0 | grep PERIPH= it did not return anything.

[Dennis Handly]

>there are files there: lp0 lp1 lp2

You can search all of them with:
grep PERIPH= /etc/lp/interfaces/*

[Heiner E. Lennackers]

Even the printer has a jetdirect interface it does not necessary means that jetadmin is been used.
The name of the printer and the output of "lpstat -s" can be useful to identify how the printer is connected.

[Sandeep_Chaudhary]

u can do it with SAM

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

Your JetDirect printer(s) were added incorrectly. It would be as very good idea to delete each JetDirect printer and add it back using the addqueue command. You'll get all sorts of new printer options and a much more robust connection.

addqueue -h 12.34.56.78 -q myprinter -t off -b off -r off

[lbdwag]

#grep PERIPH= /etc/lp/interface/*

does not find anything.

[lbdwag]

#lpstat -s

gives me:

device for lp4: /dev/null
remote to: text on hostname.domain.com

[lbdwag]

all of the printers were migrated from Tru64 using the Tru64 UNIX remote printer queue migration tool

[Tim Nelson]

>>#lpstat -s

>>gives me:

>>device for lp4: /dev/null
>>remote to: text on hostname.domain.com

Indicates that your printer lp4 is a "remote spooled" printer. Only way to change the IP is to delete it and re-add it.

If this printer truely has a jetdirect interface I would second Bill's recommendation to delete it and re-add it using the "network" type of config. Makes life so much easier.

Another quick option would be to simply change the IP address related to hostname.domain.com either in the /etc/hosts or on your DNS server.

[lbdwag]

I removed the printer and then re-added it via SMH... all seems to be working now.

Thanks for all of your help.