Setting up a printronix printer

[Paul Thomson_2]

In Poland we are trying to setup a printronix printer (P5210LJ)
The config in openspool is
Device Types Comment
hp256x PRINTRONIX
Network Interface: nplpdout

Can print fine from this printer from say NT, however, nothing will print from Unix at all prints go defer/ready.

Has anyone had this issue before ??

[Francois Bariselle_3]

Hi,

Check:

http://www.printronix.com/tech_tips.html


Frank.

[Denis_37]

Hello!

Please check the OpenSpool entries in the syslog file
where the openspool servers
are installed..

[Rita C Workman]

I don't have Printronix (have Xerox). But here's a couple things to check..sorry for being verbose..maybe it will not help..but who knows..we hit issue w/Openspool going to Xerox printers where the Xerox software was listening on a different port..(rlp).
This involves using SAM, setting the host file, adding prtr & queue in Openspool, and modifying 1 Openspool file.

The url given above points to Printronix instructions on setting up the printer as a remote printer via SAM (not in jetadmin !!) and this is same thing I had to do. So double check your remote setup.

For example I shall call my printer 'prtA'. In SAM I set up name prtA, Remote System name prtA_lpd and Remote Printer name prtA_lpd...
In my /etc/hosts I defined:
1.2.3.4 prtA_lpd uxprtA
Now in Openspool I added the printer and queue via npui screen and created them as:
uxprtA printer (as a dumb printer) and this is bound to queue unxprtA.
The last thing to make this work for me was:
In Openspool, EVERYTIME you reconfigure using npui admin/config it will affect/RESET to default values certain files...one is the file that controls instruction to remote printers...so go and check and ensure your printer/queues are pointing correctly in the following file:
/opt/openspool/runtime-sw/networkif/etc/uxprtA
I set my file uxprtA to read:
host=prtA_lpd
printer=prtA_lpd
lf_to_crlf=0
trailing_ff=0
banner=0
(These last three options=0 are up to you..you may want banner..I didn't)

I then sent a printfile to test:
np -q uxprtA -p defer
Went into npui and released it.

Hope something from above might help in your problem..
Rita

[Rita C Workman]

sorry typo above...
Openspool queue should be same as printer:
uxprtA

Sorry..