Help w/ installing printers (other than using SAM or Jetadmin).

[scott vick]

I have a large number of printers that need to be added to about 18 HP-UX 11.0 servers. Does anybody know a way (other than SAM or Jetadmin) to add all of the printers at one time? Jetadmin and SAM are both too slow and tedious.

[S.K. Chan]

This is the "command line" way of adding remote printers. I suppose you can write a simple script to go through all your printers in a for loop and ran the script on the server you want the printer to be configured.

1. Shut down the printer spooler
# /usr/sbin/lpshut
2. Add a remote printer with lpadmin command.
# lpadmin -premlaser -v/dev/null -mrmodel -ocmrcmodel -osmrsmodel -ormpsd1 -orplaser

In the command lpadmin you must specify the following options:
-p Name of the remote printer in the local spooler
-v No serial/parallel device file for the printer is needed
-m Model script that runs the command /usr/sbin/rlp [10.x]
-ocm What should be done if a job is to be cancelled
=> contains /usr/sbin/rcancel [10.x]
-osm What is to be done on the command lpstat
=> contains /usr/sbin/rlpstat [10.x]
-orm Name of remote print server
-orp Name of printer on the remote print server

Additional options from lpadmin under:
# man lpadmin

3. Activate printer at the spooler input
# /usr/sbin/accept remlaser

4. Activate printer at the spooler output
# /usr/bin/enable remlaser

5. Start spooler
# /usr/sbin/lpsched

6. The rlpdaemon on the printer server on which the printer is configured locally, must be active!

[Marco Paganini]

Hello Scott,

Try lpadmin! You can create printers using the command line.

Then, make 17 hosts equivalent to a 'master' host and use a loop with remsh to do the creation.

For more details, consult the lpadmin man page.

Regards,
Paga

[Deshpande Prashant · Accepted solution]

HI
If you have jetadmin software installed on all machines command "addqueue" will help you creating printerqueues connected with jetdirect interface cards.

#/opt/hpnp/bin/addqueue -q -h

Thanks.
Prashant.