Network printing question

[Manuel G]

Our system (HP9000 D210)supports network printing by using ddfa software.
Printers are attached to DECServer devices so we can configure dp and pcf files simply by setting DEC ip address and port on these files.

We are going to attach Kyocera printers with network cards included, my question is:
Can I configure them using ddfa software?
If not, How can I do it?

Thanks in advance.

[Jordan Bean]

DDFA? Is that really necessary? You should be able to setup most network printers as remote printers in HPUX.

[fg_1]

Can you not use Jetdirect cards for some reason.

You should be able to configure your printers using the addqueue command. Look at the man page to get the exact syntax specific to your type of printer.

You may also use the jetdirect or jetadmin software which is free on your applications cd's. (cd#2 i believe).

Gl.

[Chris Rollinger]

My approach would be to set this up as a remote printer using whichever system you already have these printers configured on as your remote system name and the same printer name on the remote machine...would be much easier than setting up every server as a print server...

Chris

[Manuel G]

Jordan:

If I only have DECServer (IP+port) for accesing printers, which other non-ddfa configure way can I use?

Frank:

We don??t have Jetdirect cards (I??ve never used them).
Where can I get them? Are them expensive?

Chris:

New printers are not configured on any system yet son we can??t use it as a system server.

Do you think configuring them as network-printers and specifying IP address as server name will work?

[Frank Slootweg]

Most printers which have a network/LAN *interface* come in two flavors:

- Compatible with (HP) JetDirect. Use the HP JetDirect/JetAdmin software.

- Compatible with Berkeley rlp/rlpd (HP-UX: rlp(1M)/rlpdaemon(1M)). Configure as a *remote* printer (*not* as a network printer, despite the fact that the printer is connected to a network). For the remote hostname (lpadmin(1M) "-orm" option) use the 'host'name of the printer. For the printer name, use the *internal* name of the printer. For example for an HP LaserJet 4Si, the internal name is "RAW". This setup looks a little strange, but such a printer really emulates a *system*/host to which a *printer* is connected.