how to install an epson lq printer

[Nabil Boussetta]

i'd like to install an "epson lq" network printer on hpux. how to do ?

any help is appreciated

[Geoff Wild]

Is it attached to a HP Jet Direct Card?

If yes:

addqueue -i 9998 -q -h .yourdomain.com

Rgds...Geoff

[Nabil Boussetta]

no it isn't attached to a HP Jet Direct Card?

[Geoff Wild]

Does it have a network card at all?

More than likely - you will need some sort of driver from Epson...

Rgds...Geoff

[Nabil Boussetta]

yes it have a network card.
i'd like to know if i should install it as jetdirect printer or add aprinter to a local spooler

[Geoff Wild]

You can try it as JetDirect (HPPI) using the command I gave you above.

WHat's the actual model of the printer and is the network card built in? or external?

Rgds...Geoff

[Geoff Wild]

BTW - if this is an ascii printer - try:

addqueue -i 9992 -q -h .yourdomain.com

Rgds...Geoff

[Rick Garland]

You can use the jetadmin or the hppi interface as well. What happens in the interface is that the jetadmin (or hppi) cannot communicate with the printer, yet it can ping it.

Says you may have trouble (I have never seen it) and I usually choose the lowest HP print driver available, HPIII

If you have the Epson print driver, use it instead.

[Bill Hassell]

The Epson LAN card is completely incompatible with HP's JetDirect cards so you don't add the printer as a network printer (SAM really meant to say: HP JetDirect network interface), and you can't add it as a local printer unless you connect it with a serial or parallel cable.

Instead, you add it as a remote printer (just like all other non-HP printers with a non-HP LAN card. You have read the LAN card's documentation or contact Epson to see what the name of the printer is within the LAN card. These LAN cards are acting as a print server, much like a PC sharing printers. Just like the PC, you need to know the name of the printer. These cards implement RFC 1179 lpr protocol and SAM will ask you for 3 items: local queuename, remote server (the LAN card's IP address) and the internal printer name. This name might be prn or text or raw or lpt or something similar. Also be sure to check the BSD box since the protocol is likely BSD-based which means 3 digit print jobs.