Remote access printing software

[Robert True]

LOoking for a pkg that would allow HP-UX 11.0 machine to print to a remote access users PC with a locally (to the pc) attached printer.

[RAC_1]

Check JetDirect Printer Installer for Unix by HP

[Robert True]

How would that work through the RAS?

[Sandip Ghosh]

You do not need to have the SW for doing this. You can do by configuring it as a remote printer. Look at the link below about how to configure the printer.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xa7e9ff77de2bd611abd50090277a778c,00.html

Sandip

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Robert,

Perhaps this link might help,

http://support2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000041602968

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Olav Baadsvik]

Hello,

I do not have the solution for you, but
I do not think that Jetdirect is the solution
here.
Jetdirect is software for sending printjobs
to an HP-printer with its own network-interface.


I think there was a similar question on
the Forum just a few days ago, so you could
do a search there.
Regards
Olav

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

As Olav is saying, you can use Jetdirect / Jetadmin to print from a hp server to a network hp printer connected directly to the network. To print to a printer connected to a PC, you have to configure the printer on the PC and then configure the printer as a remote printer on the hp server. The procedure is in the link i had posted above.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Actually this should not be too difficult. A RAS gives you a TCP/IP connection. You can then set this up to be a REMOTE printer NOT a network printer. Make sure that the PC shares this printer.

The tricky part is that you don't always get the same IP address/hostname each time you access the RAS. You might have to set up a number of remote printers on your UNIX hosts since the IP address you are assigned is luck of the draw. I would at least make sure that they all use a common queue name on the PC end so that the only variable is the hostname.

[BOMBA_1]

I think you need nothing, just declare your printer as a remote printer (using SAM) and make sure that your UNIX box knows the PC's (if necessary add the PC name and IP adress in the /etc/hosts file).
We have network's printers declared on NT servers and there is no problem to use them with UNIX, I think that it will be the same with local printer.
If you have a firewall, you may have some trouble if ports aren't opened.

[Robert True]

ACS sees the problem - the RAS will not give me the same IP everytime, the hostname is not available / or variable.