Remote printing

[JMB_PHP]

Installed a remote non-HP printer using SAm and am able to "lp -dF5 file" which generates output. Our DB (UniVerse) appears to send spools (per printer logs) but nothing is output.

Would it be as simple to purchase a JetDirect for the remote printer and use HPPI to configure?

[skt_skt]

could u post "lpstat -v"
what u meant by "remote non-HP printer"? attached to a windows box and adding as a remote queue to unix? else?

[JMB_PHP]

device for F0: /dev/null
device for F5: /dev/null
remote to: Canon4B1B39 on 192.168.10.20
device for F1: /dev/null

I've attached a partial /var/adm/lp/log

See where the remote printer F5 doesn't seem to spawn anything? Even though the remote printer queue displays xxx pages printing.

Yes, you're correct... HPUX to WIN to WWW to WIN to remote (network) printer.

After reading so many postings on non-HP printers and all the trouble if it would be simplest to connect a JD to the off-site printer and configure using HPPI. I really think since I can print from UNIX it something within UniVerse.

Thanks for the reply.

[skt_skt]

"lp -dF5 file"

does the "file" format used for testing matches with the the one generated by the application? example; in our env the applcation files are passed as POST script format to the printer. So difinitly the printer should be capable to handle the PS format? which model?

[Tim Nelson]

Yes I seem to remember Universe being weird with the way that it prints, just cannot remember what.

If the printer is network attached ( has a jetdirect ) then printing directly vs through a Windoze queue is much better IMHO.

You can use hppi or addqueue to create the printer.

Can I assume that this printer works fine if you print from the hpux shell prompt ?

[JMB_PHP]

SKT:
Good suggestion, will try to send formatted output. Currently one tray is out of paper so I'm getting a PRINTER DOWN message. Not sure if there are settings per tray or why it would generate an error if other trays are full.

TN:
This is a Cannon iRC 4080 with PCL drivers.

Would you both concur that installing a JD would be the easiest way to get this up and running?

FYI, I'm in KY and the remote is in NC and that office doesn't ANY technical staff. Believe they have someone on call (GeekSquad, probably). It will be a big problem if the printer doesn't conform to what we do in KY since we over print on pre-printed OCR forms using EDGETOEDGE.

[Tim Nelson]

You stated above.
>Yes, you're correct... HPUX to WIN to WWW to WIN to remote (network) printer.

You mention remote then (network) ? How is this printer attached to the remote print server ? Direct via parallel port? or other ?

Yes, I am a proponent to keeping windoze print spoolers out of the mix. Get the printer on the network. re-configure the windoze server, configure HPUX to directly print to the JD.

[Bill Hassell]

I really hope your connection to the remote office is through a VPN or other encrypted connection. Otherwise you should expect that the print jobs will be captured, hopefully there is no secure or proprietary information. Yes, JetDirect is much more sophisticated that a dumb Windoze server so it makes more sense to get the external JD adapter.

[JMB_PHP]

Yes, VPN with networked RJ45. Printer also has an open USB interface. Can I assume both can be connected at the same time? If so, will hppi search the MAC address across the VPN or should I configure here and ship out?

[skt_skt]

"Currently one tray is out of paper so I'm getting a PRINTER DOWN message. Not sure if there are settings per tray or why it would generate an error if other trays are full"

the paper out would not genrate the printer down message. I would rather recommned to check the "TCP/IP printer service for UNIX" on the windows host; probably to restart the service.

[Tim Nelson]

If the printer is directly connected to the network and has an IP address then you only need to print a test page on the printer. It will show you the IP address.

On the unix host. Either use hppi or addqueue and add the printer using it's IP address and a unix driver/interface compatable with the printer model ( PCL5 probably will work just fine ).

The interface file (located in /etc/lp/interface/model.orig/MyPrinter) will tell you all the options available for that printer ( in this case if it is a Canon it would be great to have a Canon interface file for HPUX ) if not you may have to play with some of the options e.g. lp -dMyPrinter -o lt /my/file ( print /my/file to the Lower Tray )