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Printing to HP remote printer

2007-12-25 10:54:00

Hi all,

I apologize for this late summary. Here's my original problem:

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I have lots of SunOS 4.1.3U1 and Solaris 5.x machines to configure to

print to an HP printer with JetDirect. I set up an HP machine as the

print server using JetAdmin. I want all these Sun machines to print via

this HP server, to avoid having to load the JetAdmin software on all

these Sun machines.

So, far in the SunOS machines, my printcap entry is:

lp3|HP LaserJet 8000 DN with DirectJet card:\

        :lp=\

        :rm=hpsrv:\

        :rp=lp3:\

        :sd=/var/spool/lp3:\

        :mx#0:

In the Solaris machines, I used admintool.

The setups work fine with the command line, lp -dlp3 <filename>, from

the Sun machines. But, if I put any options to that line, the options

don't get translated (i.e. 'lp -dlp3 -o vd' for duplex printing, long

binding).

Am I missing additional steps? Should I configure the Sun machines

differently?

Thanks for any help. Will summarize.

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After so many testing, I created two print servers (with the latest

JetAdmin software), one for the SunOS/Solaris machines and one for the

HP machines. The print server for the SunOS/Solaris machines is a

Solaris, while an HP 10.20 was the print server for the HP machines.

Here are the reasons:

When I setup a solaris machine, via admintool, to print to the HP print

server, the -o options DID NOT work.

HP machines printed OK with the -o options to the HP print server.

I setup a solaris machine as the print server. Then I setup another

solaris machine to print to this solaris print server. The -o options

DID work.

I setup a SunOS machine as the print server. Printing from that machine

itself, the -o options DID NOT work! Of course, any SunOS machines

printing to that print server with -o options was futile.

So, in summary:

        HP's print fine to HP print servers.

        Solaris print fine to Solaris print server.

        Solaris DO NOT print OK to HP print servers.

        SunOS DO NOT print OK as a print server itself or as a client

                to SunOS or Solaris print servers.

        Fine, meaning that -o options get translated.

Thanks to those who responded: Tim Carlson, Danny Johnson, Michael

Connolly, and Jayant Ramakrishnan. From the respondents and lots of

research, I found that the options are translated only at the server

side. With this, suggestions were made to setup different queues for

different options.

I thought that there are too many options to make individual queues.

Ted


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