remote printer

[Carme Torca]

Hi,

I have to change ip of a 100 remote printers, and I would like if this information is in one file and it's easy change it by editing the file.
I have a look to the file in /etc/lp/interface, but I haven't seen something about ip, the network printer has the PERIPH variable, but this information doen't exist in remote printers.

Does anyone could help me?
Thanks,
Carmen.

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi,
Are you talking of true remote printers or printers connected to your networks with jetdirect?

Depending on how they were configured at the beginning (network printers that is) :
If it were by using their names (because were declared in DNS or /etc/hosts) with jetadmin then you have just to modify /etc/hosts and it should work...

All the best
Victor

[Geoff Wild]

Depends - how did you create the remote printers - did you use a dns name or ip address?

If dns name - then you are okay - just update dns.

If ip address - then I think you will have to re-create all the queues... :(

Rgds...Geoff

[Carme Torca]

Hi,

I use sam.
And I have this information:

Remote System Name: 10.10.10.10
Remote Printer Name: pp

If I put in /etc/hosts the hosts and ip. It would work ok?,
Thanks!
Carmen.

[John Waller · Accepted solution]

Unfortunatly as you have specified an ip address for your remote printer name changing your host file will not help. Also the ip address is not changeable in a text file.

The command you need to change the ip address is :
lpadmin -p -orm

To save you in the future you could add all your printers into your /etc/hosts file and give them an hostname then if the ip address changes you can just modify your /etc/hosts.

The command to change the remote destination would still be the same but yopu would specify instead of .

Also you will need to perform an lpshut before you can run the lpadmin command then an lpsched when you have finished.