TCPIP printing on HP LaserJet

[Ronny_7]

Hi,

I have a Alpha1200 running on OpenVMS V7.1-1H2.
I tried to configure a HP LaserJet4050N to this system by TCPIP printing but is not successful.

I am able to ping and telnet to the ip address of the printer.

When I tried to print from the system to the printer, the job is started, the queue turn to busy and back to idle. No errors reported.

But on the printer, there is no printout.

Any advise?

Thanks and Regards,
Ronny

[Antoniov.]

Hi Ronny,
I've had same problem with xerox printer.
You can see as I've solved reading this thread http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=233486

Post again, if you need furthermore help inserting queue details.

H.T.H.
Antoniov

[Ronny_7]

Hi Antoniov,

Thank you for the pointer.

But I am not using DCPS.

All I did was init a print queue with the printer ip address and port number 9100.

Regards,
Ronny

[Lokesh_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi Ronny,

If port 515 is enabled for the printer, then try creating LPD queue.

You can check whether port 515 is enabled on the printer or not by :

$telnet /port=515

If you can , then you can creat LPD queue with the following utility:

$MC TCPIP$LPRSETUP


Best regards,
Lokesh

[Lokesh_2]

And to check whether the port no. 9100 is enabled for the pritner, give following command:

$telnet /port=9100

If port 9100 is enabled then give the following command to create a printer queue:

$init/que/star/on=:9100/processor=tcpip$telnetsym que-name

Regards,
Lokesh

[Ronny_7]

Hi Lokesh,

This my queue setting,
$ sh que lj009 /full
Printer queue LJ009, stopped, on PINSE::"192.162.1.74:9100",
mounted form DEFAULT
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) /OWNER=[SYSTEM]
/PROCESSOR=UCX$TELNETSYM /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)

When I telnet to the ip with port 9100, I get hang at the below, is it normal?
$ TELNET 192.168.1.74 9100
%TELNET-I-TRYING, Trying ... 192.168.1.74
%TELNET-I-SESSION, Session 01, host 192.168.1.74, port 9100
-TELNET-I-ESCAPE, Escape character is ^]

Regards,
Ronny

[Lokesh_2]

Hi Ronny,

Yes, this is normal. The port 9100 is enabled on the printer.

You queue seemed to be in stopped state. Start the queue with command

$ start/que que-name

After this , give the command $reply/enable=printer and then give your print command and see what opcom message appears.

Best regards,
Lokesh

[Ronny_7]

Hi Lokesh,

The status is stop because I manually stop it.
When the printing testing was carried out, the status is idle.

I did try with reply/enable and test the printing but no message and no error.

Do I need to specify reply/enable=printer?

Regards,
Ronny

[Lokesh_2]

reply/enable is fine. you may not receive opcom message if your terminal is set for nobroadcase. Set the broadcast charcteristices of your terminal by

$set terminal/broadcast

Also check your queue manager status whether it is running fine or not:

$show queue/manager/full

Also ensure printer do not have any hardware problem and is in ready state.

Best regards,
Lokesh

[Ronny_7]

Hi Lokesh,

Thank you for the advise.

I will test it out again tomorrow at customer's site.

Regards,
Ronny

[Antoniov.]

Hi Ronny,
You don't post details of your problem.
Now comunication to your printer seems ready but you are not sure if works fine.
So you could create a new telnet device, copy manually a file to it and see what does happen.
$! Now I create a telnet device TNA2
$ TELNET
TELNET>CREATE 192.168.1.74 9100 2
TELNET>EXIT
$! Now I copy a file to telnet device TNA2
$ COPY myfile.txt TNA2:
$! Now I remove prot TNA2
$ TELNET
TELNET>DELETE 2
TELNET>EXIT
This procedure tell you if network comunication between host and printer work fine.
After you could decide next step.

Bye
Antoniov

[Antoniov.]

Ronny,
also remember HP LaserJet use PCL5 or PCL6 escape sequence. So if your file doesn't containt PCL5 escape sequence it's very hard to print; if your printer use PCL6 you never can print, because PCL6 (as poscript) is a graphical language. In case of PCL6 you NEED the DCPS (remember DCPS now not more required separate license PAK).
Also, the HP LaserJet, usually, required bidirectional handshake; standard VMS queue doesn't support bidirectional handshake.

H.T.H.
Antoniov

[Ronny_7]

Hi Lokesh and Antoniov,

It seems the problem is on the printer itself.
We brought in another printer and it worked with no problem.

Thank you for your time and support.

Regards,
Ronny

[Ronny_7]

As per replies.