I would like to set up a unix lp spooler Que that is able to print to a windows printer

[Ginny Merlino]

I would like to be able to print from Unix using the lp command to a windows printer that does not have an HP Jet Direct Card.

We are trying to use a Windows XP component called Print Services for Unix. This allows you to assign an IP address to a printer port.

I can ping the printer using the IP address assigned from Unix but I can't use jet admin to create the lp spooler que. Should this be set up as a remote printer instead?

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Ginny Merlino

[John Dvorchak]

I think that what you want to do is setup a "remote" printer with the XP's IP address and "share name" or queue name. Use SAM. Don't use jet admin, that is for HP Jet Direct printers, not print queues on windows.

Now this is assuming that Windows Xp is like NT/2000 that supports rlp for it's attached printers.

[Vicente Sanchez_3]

Hello Ginny,

I comment my environment and you decide if it could be similar to yours:

I've add Print Services for Unix in my w2000, this start the service lpdsvc.
I've created a spool queue, connected to the paralel port.

I've download a lpr from: http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/rlpr-2.02/

that is a lpr client.

Once installed I can print from my Unix machine my .profile file on my paralel w2000 printer.

HTH, Vicente.