Extendnet printing
Shanti Suresh
We have an HP LaserJet 5p printer here, networked via a 2812C ExtendNet
DX box.
I am trying to set up this printer using Solaris (2.6) SysV printing.
Nothing works. Stuff can get printed on this printer from a PC, though,
via Novell.
On printing something, sometimes, I get a blank sheet. Sometimes, nothing
happens.
With all the print jobs, a message saying that the request has been
queued, appears on my
terminal. The faultMessage in /etc/lp/printersfile/lp/don(don is the
printer) reads:
"Failed to open the printer port. (Bad address)".
Here are the details:
I did the following at the command prompt:
lpadmin -p don -s <extendnet-fully-qualified-name>\!Printer1 -I any
In the above statement, Printer1 identifies the printer on Port 1 of
the ExtendNet
PrintServer. I spoke with an Extended Systems tech support yesterday,
and was
told that I could use any name for the queue on Port 1 as long
as it ends with the
digit, "1". Today, I changed the queuename to "PORT1". But the printing
still doesn't work. I have stopped getting blank pages also. Here are
the entries from the
/etc/lp/printers/don/configuration and /etc/printers.conf files:
-------------/etc/lp/printers/don:-------
Content types: any
Printer type: unknown
Remote: 141-213-226-135.ns.itd.umich.edu!PORT1
Options: protocol=bsd,dest=<extendnet-fully-qualified-name>
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-----------/etc/printers.conf:-----------
don:\
:bsdaddr=<extendnet-fully-qualified-name>,PORT1,Solaris:
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Appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks.
-Shanti
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