Non HP-printers with JetDirect Printer Installer

[Johan Barelds]

Hi Guys,

I want to add some non-HP printers to my HP-UX 11.00 system. I installed HP JetDirect Printer Installer for Unix, which starts when i want to add an new networkprinter.

When i choose then to add a printer to the local spooler it doesn't work. The message is something like:

Enter the network printer name or IP address (q - quit): lp0013

!! No response from lp0013 !!
... (trying to ping lp0013)


The HP JetDirect Printer Installer for Unix can ping the device.
The problem may be:
* incorrect GET community name!
* it is not a network printer!
* other.
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The printer is pingable.
Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Grz. Johan

[Ken Hubnik_2]

Try the IP address. If it still doesn't work than there is a problem reaching the printer server for that printer. It must be able to ping.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

configure the printer as a network printer and not as a local printer.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi,
You say a NON-HP printer... the point is:
Is it connected to a HP-Jetdirect card/box?
If so
Just continue the install...
If not you can try to configure without using SAM/jetadmin utility (HP JetDirect Printer Installer for Unix)
by typing :
addqueue -h IP_address -q queue_name
- OR - cosider configuring your printer as a remote printer the remote host being your printers IP

All the best
Victor

[Johan Barelds]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the suggestions. Unfortunatly no one worked so far. I discoverd also that the printers are in a NAT'ed environment (Network Adres Translation takes place).

Are there people who have succesfully installed non-HP printers with HP Jetdirect Printer Installer? (without using a Jetdirect box?)

Thanks again for any reply.

Greetings,
Johan

[Johan Barelds]

Hi all,

I discovered that with "HP Web Jetadmin" you can connect "non-HP printers that support the Standard Printer MIB" and with the "HP Jetdirect Printer Installer for UNIX(R)" you can only do "Fast and easy installation of HP Jetdirect-connected printers".

The "HP Web Jetadmin" software is not provided anymore on HP-UX. Do i state it correct that therefore it is not possible anymore to connect "non-HP printers that support the Standard Printer MIB" directly to a HP-UX server?

like to hear from you.

Grz.,
Johan

[Bill Hassell]

Sorry for the confusion. The HP Printer Installer (and it's predecessor, JetAdmin) will never work on a non-HP interface card. This software uses HP's proprietary printing port 9100 as well as other protocol fetaures not found in simple printer LAN cards. Just ignore addqueue and other HPPI commands as they will always fail when directed to non-HP interface cards.

NOTE: I said interface cards. HP manufactures an external JetDirect External interface that connects a LAN cable through to a Centronics-style printer cable, thus allowing a non-HP printer to have an HP interface card, and that indeed works fine with HPPI and JetAdmin software.

For a non-HP interface card, you must add the printer as a "Remote Printer". However, as mentioned in another Forums posting, HP-UX does not preformat jobs so ASCII files will need preprocessing using ux2dos. Look at this for additional info:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xede7cdec06f1d61190050090279cd0f9,00.html

[Jim Turner · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Odds are these non-HP network printers have an LPD server built into the hardware. Try adding them as remote printers.

SAM - Printers and Plotters - LP Spooler - Printers and Plotters - Actions - Add Remote Printer/Plotter

Printer Name: [of your choosing]
Remote System Name: [the ip address of the printer]
Remote Printer Name: [consult printer docs]

Your printer documentation should list valid queue names for LPD. For Lexmark, we usually use "printer_cr". Others use "text" and/or "raw". Still others like IBM network printers don't even care what you use for a remote printer (queue) name.

Best of luck,
Jim

[Johan Barelds]

Hi all!

I'v got the problem solved.
The printer was connected to a Lantronix print-server which does have a queue inside. When is used this queue and configured it as a remote printer it worked out just fine!

Thanks all for your replies!