How to print from HP-UX to a LAN network jetdirect printer

[Marko_3]

Hi

I know the IP address of my LAN network printer on NT.

How do I configure it via SAM? When I tried to use the option 'Network printer...', it says I have not installed the jetdirect software. How do I get this piece of software?

[Greg Vaidman]

the jetadmin software has been obsoleted and replaced by webjetadmin.

go to http://www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin

good luck!
Greg

[Rodney Hills]

The web jetadmin is for configuring the jetdirect box itself. To install the print queue you need the jetadmin utility for hpux.
This will include the necessary program "hpnpf" that can copy print files to jetdirect boxes.

Go to the ftp site ftp.hp.com, do a cd /put/networking/software, do a get HP10d621.SD (be sure binary mode is set)

You can then do a "swinstall" on this software depot file.

Sam should be happier then

[Steve Post]

There is a depot file for hp jetdirect software. After you install it, you will have stuff at /opt/hpnp. It only takes a minute to install. After it is in, you can get to it via sam, under "printers and plotters". From that spot go to actions:add network-based printer plotter, Add printer/plotter connect to HP JetDirect...
When you do this, sam runs the hp jetdirect menus. You can go there directly. Run /opt/hpnp/admin/jetadmin, to see what you have to via sam.

To get the depot file, I would just search on hpjetdirect and depotfile.
One dumb little tip: Have your printer ON, AND plugged into PORT ONE of the jetdirect print server BEFORE you turn the print server on. The silly thing acts dumb if the printer is not already hooked to it. What's worse is everything looks fine, (it just refuses to work).
hoped my ramblin' helps. Steve Post

[Andreas Voss]

Hi,

you have to install jetadmin on your HP-UX box.

For HP-UX 10.20 you can get it here:
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/software/HP10d621.SD.html

and for HP-UX 11.00 here:
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/software/HP11d621.SD.html

Regards