hpnp laser printer config problem
Joel Harris
I have just started supporting this server (i.e. I don't know much about
how things were previously set up) and we need to configure a remote
Xerox 255 printer. I am using the hpnp scripts. The configuration of
the bootp/tftp seems to work correctly (Option 2). I use option 4 to
see if I can ping the pinter's network card and that works fine. When I
try to use option 5 to print a test page directly to the printer (using
simple text) I get the following error:
/usr/lib/hpnp/cfg/canaccess xerox
"Add <servername> to the printer's access list before continuing".
In option 2, I initially did not set up any access list. I went back
and re-set up the printer device and did put in an access list with the
server's IP in that list and the error message was the same.
Any ideas?
Joel Harris
Jeff Liebermann
Why do you *ASSUME* that an HP printer utility will work with a Xerox
printer? Is the Xerox 225 an HP Jet Direct compatible ?
>"Add <servername> to the printer's access list before continuing".
This is a bogus error message which really should say:
"Cannot communicate with printer on port 9100"
The HP printer utilities only work with genuine HP printers and with print
server that talk on port 9100-9102. No clue where your Xerox 225 printer
wants to talk. You can edit the port number(s) with instructions:
http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?105327
These are made for tweaking the spooler scripts for the 3 port print
servers, but will also work for setting the port numbers to something other
than the HP defaults.
Your other alternatives are to use lpr/lpd. Search:
http://www.sco.com/ta
with the keyword "lpr" for instructions. Be sure to only run "mkdev rlp"
once, or you will have a mess to deal with.
Another option is to use netcat. See:
http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl/sco/lp/
This will "cat" a file to any arbitrary port number.
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