printer ip change

[joe_91]

there is a request to change the ip/hostname of a printer. when i try hppi it says the printer has jobs and not allowing. we have permissions to kill the jobs. how shd i do this ?

Thanks

Joe

[A. Clay Stephenson]

We don't need no stinkin hppi.

I would do this:
0) Update /etc/hosts, DNS, NIS(+) -- whatever you are using for hostname resolution and create the new hostname/IP address tuple.
1) disable myprinter
2) ps -ef | grep hpnpf and see if any job is trying to be printed on myprinter; if so, kill the hpnpf process --- just the one associated with my printer
3) cd /var/spool/lp/interface
vi myprinter
There will be a line:
PERIPH=oldprinter
change it to:
PERIPH=newprinter
and save the file.
4) enable myprinter

[joe_91]

Clay:

I followed the instructions. but i need to change my printer name from va9hp21 to va10hp21. the printer name is still va9hp21

Thanks

Joe

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

That was not your request. You said you wanted to change the ip/hostname of the printer. You now want to change the queue name although you should note that the name of the queue and the hostname have nothing to do with each other.

In any event, you will need to remove the existing print queue and add it back using hppi or from the command line using removequeue/addqueue.

I'll assume that you want to use hppi so your first task is to cancel any outstanding jobs.
1) disable myprinter
2) lpstat -omyprinter and note the requestid's
3) use the cancel command to cancel each requestid.
4) You can now remove and add the printer using hppi.