jetdirect card

[Tim Downs]

We have just starting using HP JetDirect cards in our organization and I installed the hppi software (HP11e134.SD) and setup tried to setup a queue. The setup was sucessful but when I send a print job nothing prints. When I'm in Sam (printers and plotters) it looks like this:
Name Type To Print Requests Location

apprinter remote yes, idle yes PR5 on COFINANCE2 ^
axmedicit remote yes, idle yes PR5 on AXMEDICIT
axsecurity remote yes, idle yes PR5 on AXSECURITY
jetdirectit network yes, idle yes -
purchwh2 remote yes, idle yes PR5 on PURCHWH2
purchwhpo remote yes, idle yes PR5 on PURCHWH10
rightfax remote yes, busy yes rightfax on RIGHTFAX
txpharmoff remote yes, idle yes PR5 on TXPHARMOFF

waupacamatman network yes, idle yes -


with remote printers you can see the location but the network printers have a - in the location field. What step am I missing with the setup of network printers?

[Tim Nelson]

I am not sure if this is just a terminology thing. Printers with jetdirect spoolers are considered network printers not remote printers. Remote type printers indicate that there is a server involved. i.e. request is sent to remote to process.

Below is my method for configuring network based printers, I do not use SAM nor the HPPI interface as I have found it confusing and typically errors.

1) I assume you have the HP jetdirect printer installer software installed on your HPUX server.

2) lpshut
3) lpadmin -pprinter_name -mmodel -v/dev/null
4) accept printer_name
5) enable printer_name
6) cp -p /etc/lp/interface/printer_name /etxc/lp/internface/model.orig
7) cp /opt/hpnpl/sh/hpnp.model /etc/lp/interface/printer_name
8) edit /etc/lp/interface/printer_name and set the PERIPH=HOSTNAME/IP of printer. Also set the PORT=9100/9101/9102 if this is a multiport jetdirect, if not leave alone as it will default to the first port.

9) lpsched

10) send test print

note: the -mmodel is any model name found under /usr/spool/lp/model/ that is appropriate for your printer.

[F Verschuren]

my expiriens whit HP JetDirect cards is old but I can rememeber that if it was not working a reset of the jet direct card solves most problems (if it is a external card not just reset the printer but make sure alsow the card is reset..)

[Bill Hassell]

If you have JetDirect cards, they are very easy to setup. Start by verifying the printer with hpnpadmin:

hpnpadmin -v 12.34.56.78

You should see a couple of pages of network details about the printer. Then add the printer using addqueue:

addqueue -h 12.34.56.78 -q myprinter

Setting up a JetDirect to use remote printing (not port 9100 network printing), you lose the many options available to these printers.