lj 4300 print queue on VMS

[Jim McKee]

Does anyone have experience setting up a print queue on VMS going to a lj 4300 printer?
I tried to set one up using the telnet symbiont, but the printer does not seem to respond to a telnet connection on port 9100.

[Martin Johnson]

Here's how I have mine set up:

Printer queue CSSH4001, idle, on MMVAX::"68.16.219.19:9100",
mounted form DEFAULT

/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FLAG,FORM=HP_LASERJET_LAND (stock=DEFAULT))
/LIBRARY=PCFS_HP_LASERJET_DEVCTL Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM]
/PROCESSOR=UCX$TELNETSYM /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR
/SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE) /SEPARATE=(FLAG,RESET=(RESET))

HTH
Marty

[Alex Daniels]

First check to see if the printer is responding on this port.

Try a $ telnet printername 9100

You should be able to type here, then CTRL ] and close

This output should come out on the printer, if you cant telnet onto port 9100. Then just try a telnet without a portnumber and if it has an interactive config you may be able to see the port it is configured for.

Otherwise if the card is intergral to the printer you may be able to get the printer to print a config page with its details.

[Jim McKee]

When I telnet to port 9100 on the printer I get the following:

%TELNET-E-CONNFAIL, Failed to connect to remote host
-SYSTEM-F-REJECT, connect to network object rejected

I can connect to the printer through the web interface and under settings "9100 printing" is checked, so I assume that means that it is enabled. Are there any secutity settings that would prevent a connection?

[Paul Anderson_7]

Check the access control settings on the printer's web page under

Networking
Security
Authorization

to see if specific hosts have been allowed or disallowed access.

Once you get port 9100 to accept a connect, your TELNETSYM queue should work. You could also use DCPS as the LaserJet 4300 is supported starting with V2.2.

You could also set up an LPD queue with LPRSETUP.

Paul

[Jim McKee]

Thanks for all of the responses. The problem turned out to be an incorrect IP address.