lpstat: "lp" not a request id or a destination

[Bjarne Dein]

Hi

When trying to print on an existing remote printer (works from other sites) from a HP-UX 11i machine, I get the above answere - what can be wrong.

PS I've had a look at DocId: UPRTKBRC00008900, which explains exactly how I see it, but the directory /var/opt/pd/pdcclientd does not exist.

The exact command I,m trying with is: echo Test | lp -dcphvfw01.net.sas.dk:cphprt0240.

Regards

Bjarne Dein
Scandinavian IT

[Helen French]

Did you configure the remote printer to your system? While doing this, you can specify the printer location/destination there (remote_hostname:printer_name). Then you can specify the printer_name directly with the lp command and -d:
# lp -dprinter_name file_name

[Bjarne Dein]

No - and this is about the case - I don't want to add any, I only want to print direct remote on an existing one, like I do on other systems.
But thanks for the advice!

Regards

Bjarne

[harry d brown jr]

Did you apply the patch: PHCO_23876 ?? Which has a Warning associated with it, so it's suggested to install patch: PHCO_25902





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harry

[harry d brown jr]

When you say "print like other systems", what kind of "other" systems??

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harry

[Bjarne Dein]

No - I've not added that one, but I'll look into that right away - thank - I'll be back!

Regards

Bjarne

[Helen French]

Another important thing is to check and correct the bug in the /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr file:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xa72718276953d61190040090279cd0f9,00.html

This bug can give you errors while doing remote prints.

[Bjarne Dein]

Other HP, SUN, SCO and etc., that we have.

Regards

Bjarne

[Bjarne Dein]

Hi Shiju

I don't want to add the remote printer physical, I just want to print directly to it!

Bjarne;-)

[John Poff]

Hi,

I don't think you can print to that printer using the method you are trying. The way that the lp machinery knows about the remote printer is by setting up that printer as a remote printer on the HP box. You might be able to redirect something to a particular port on the printer, but why bother with all that when 'lp' takes care of all that for you?

It's pretty simple to setup the remote printer. Even just for a temporary job it only takes a minute or two to get going, and you can delete it when you are done if you don't want it permanently.

JP

[Bjarne Dein]

Hi Harry

No - I did not add any of these patches: PHCO_23876 PHCO_25902, they are not for 11i (11.11).

Regards

Bjarne

[Bjarne Dein]

Hi John

I know how to set up a remote printer locally, but why should I do that, when I have an automated distribution of a script, that will alway point to our "default" printer, which can change form time to time?

Regards

Bjarne