clj2840 print queue on hpux

[Kim Kendall]

I have a branch office that installed a color laserjet 2840 printer and requested a unix print queue.

When I try to set up the queue for it (using hppi Version E.10.34), it complains when I use the IP address for the printer:
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Enter the network printer name or IP address (q - quit):

!! is NOT an acceptable name!!
Either it is NOT a network printer or this host is denied access
to it!
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I can access the web interface to the device and Web Jetadmin can see the device as well.

I also tried to "Install New Model Script" using the default URL- http://www.hp.com/go/newmodelscripts
and selecting the 2840:

98) HP Color LaserJet 2840 net_lj2840

Got another error:
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Error while downloading the file, reason could be !

1] File may not be present in the specified URL
2] Specified URL may not be correct
3] Wrong port number
4] Specified URL currently not accessible

Any ideas?

[Yang Qin_1]

HP said "UNIX operating systems do not use "printer drivers" as one might be familiar with the term in Windows printing. Rather, most types of UNIX are able to define a printer or print queue using utilities or configuration programs that are part of the operating system."

Can you try to configure the printer with SAM?

[Bill Hassell]

The download location for the printer script appears to be incorrect. Use this for all new printer scripts:

http://www.hp.com/pond/modelscripts/index2.html

And specifically for the 2840 printer:

http://www.hp.com/pond/modelscripts/net_clj2840.sh.Z

After you download the package, use gunzip to uncompress it, then the installer to put it into the hppi product tree.

hppi is the correct tool to add the printer interactively. However, you can try using the command line interface:

addqueue -h 12.34.56.78 -q myprinter

If addqueue could not determine the printer model, you can use:

addqueue -l

to list all the models and once you find the ID number, use addqueue with the appropriate ID. man addqueue for details.

Note: SAM calls hppi to install JetDirect printers.