Remote printer configuration in HP-UX.

[Suriya Prakash]

Hi

I already post this issue in this forum, but i didnt get any proper solution, once again i'm post this issue with some improvements. I'm having hpdeskjet D1560 printer, i install it in windows xp deskyop pc and shared, i install this printer remotely in hp-ux (11i V3). but i'm not getting print. but in windows machine i'm able to see the print job in queue with error-printing. so, the job is coming from ux to windows but windows is unable to print.

I done the followin settings:

1. Add the host entry in both the desktop and server.
2. Start the service (net start lpdsvc) and in services change the startup option to automatic.
3. Enabled the print services for unix in network connections.
4. Add the SimulatePassThrough in registry.
5. Turn off the firewall in windows pc.

Pls tell me any other settings to be done in windows side or unix side.

Regards,
Suriya.

[Mel Burslan]

on unix side

if command

lpstat -t | grep

gives you the status of the printer as idle, after you send the print job, as far as hpux is concerned that job got printed out. Windows might have problems on the other hand but you had better as this question to windoze experts on windows forums, not here.

[Dennis Handly]

Instead of creating more threads, you can reply to your existing one with more info:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1349043

[OldSchool]

"I already post this issue in this forum, but i didnt get any proper solution, once again i'm post this issue....."

No, you just didn't like the answer.

In your other post here:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1349043


TTr stated:

"I wonder if this printer is a GDI only printer which means that you can not print from anywhere other than windows even via remote queues. Take a look at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00296495
"

that link states, in part:

HP PCL and postscript printer languages are not supported on host-based products. The HP Color LaserJet 1500, 2600n, 3600, 3500, and 3550 series products use host-based printing. There is no solution or upgrade to incorporate HP PCL or postscript into these products and no alternate print drivers are available. The HP Color LaserJet 1500, 2600n, 3600, 3500, and 3550 series products are only supported in Microsoft Windows

Basically, this is *not* going to work, *ever*. "host-based" printers rely on the Windows application sending information to the Graphics Device Interface (or GDI). The printer itself doesn't have any intelligence to do PCL or Postscript. All of the interpretation is done by GDI calls in Windows.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/CB710A%2523BGJ

[Bill Hassell]

As OldSchool points out, there are a *LOT* of completely unusable printers, most of them are very inexpensive. They cannot be made to work because they do not understand even simple ASCII characters. These printers require a series of dots in a binary stream that represent the image on the page. That means that a very complex driver is needed that has access to font files to convert "ABC" into dots on the page. No such capability exists (or has ever existed) in HP-UX. So you are sending a useless file to your Windows box -- Windows cannot convert the file.

To expand even further, these printers have EXTREMELY limited support even in Windows. This printer will not work on Windows versions 3,95,98,ME, or NT. Compare that with the original LaserJet-1 first manufactured in the mid 1980's. It works on every Windows version including 64 bit Vista.

You can safely assume that any printer that costs less than $200 will not work on *ANY* OS that is not listed in user manual. According to the web page, Win2000 and WinXP-64 have minimal support and a special driver is available for Linux:

http://www.hplip.net

There is no HP support for these inexpensive printers. You'll need to purchase a PCL-5 compatible printer for HP-UX.