print queue creation

[Ashish_29]

Hello,

I have the following information available to create a SAP print queue:

> printer's IP address and name already added in /etc/hosts.
> queue name to be used

the type of printer is OKI 5200,in server i am not able to find printer-id by using #addqueue -l
and without pritner id it is not creating the queue.

Please let me know how to get the printer-id information for the specific printers.

Thanks

[Steve Steel]

Hi


okidata is non hp thus you will not see it


Add it as a dumb printer to test


Steve Steel

[RAC_1]

Are there any other OKi printer ids?? If not, you can just add it as dumb printer.

Anil

[Ashish_29]

system is showing other OKI printers configured but no entries for printer-id in addqueue -l output. Though it has entry with the name of "generic printer" with id 9998 apart from HP's printer models.

Can i use this id??

how to find the printer-id for existing configured OKi printers?

[RAC_1]

you can use id 9998. When you add printer through hppi, at one step it prompts you you to choose id.

Anil

[Bill Hassell]

Unless the Oki printer has a parallel (centronics) cable connected to an HP External print server (Centronics to LAN box), forget addqueue and any of the HPPI or JetDirect software. The Oki printer is probably a C5200n which is usually network-ready, that is, a built-on LAN card. Only HP JetDirect branded LAN cards will work with addqueue or any of the HPPI software in /opt/hpnpl/bin.

Non-HP LAN cards use the simple Unix printing facility (RFC 1179) over port 515 so it must be configured with SAM (or lpadmin) as a "remote" printer, that is, a printer connected to a Unix-style print server. In this case, the print server is the LAN card. You need 3 names: the local print queue (you pick), the remote LAN IP address, and the remote LAN card's internal name for the printer. There is no default--you must obtain the name (or possibly several names) from the LAN card manufacturer.

There will be no model script necessary as the remote printing facility in HP-UZX always uses the same script. Note that -o options are not functional with any remote printer.