HP Unix Remote Printing

[Matthew Horist]

I have set up a printer in HP Unix using Unix Jet Admin. I can print a test page from Jet Admin, but when I lp -d [prntrname] [file name] I get a "request ID -xxxx", but nothing comes out of the printer. I try an lpstat [printer name] and get "no entries"

anyone run into this in the past? I am stumped...

[Anthony Goonetilleke]

Make sure your print spooler is running and the printer is excepting jobs. The easiest way to do this is go to SAM and add the printer again.

[Rick Garland]

Check the /var/spool/lp/log file for some more info.

[Alan Riggs]

Try checking the printer status in jetadmin. It is option 5 off of the main menu.

Double check the IP assignment to the jetdirect card--make sure it agrees with what you configured for the print queue.

[Bill Hassell]

Take a look aty the hpnpadmin command in /opt/hpnp/bin (and man page). It allows extensive command line testing of a printer's accessibility.