fredex wrote:
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:49:30PM -0600, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:I truely welcome all the wonderfull advice. But somewhere there is the impression that I have a Laserjet 4000N with Ethernet built in. I do not. I have a plain jane printer which requires a parallel connection to print. That's where the Intel NetportExpress 10/100 came in. It is the print server, not any part of the printer.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:33:15PM -0800, tonydm wrote:
It is not the server that is necessarily jetdirect it is the interfaceTerry Polzin wrote:
On Thursday December 30 2004 20:46, tonydm wrote:
Hi all,
I too have a network printer problem. I cannot seem to get a printer configured and work. All of my windoze boxes print to the print server fine. Before taking FC3 for a test drive, I had Mandrake 10 installed. Configured a printer no problem. Was printing in minutes.
Intel NetportExpress 10/100 - ip 172.16.0.100 HP Laserjet 4000
1) what to I need to enable (protocol) on the print server? 2) what kind of network printer type (CUPS-IPP, UNIX-LPD, WINDOWS-SMB, etc), do I need to setup? 3) can I use the default hplj4000 postscript driver? The screen says "recommended"
system-config-printer
select networked jetdirect as quque type run this command as root.
Printer is online!! :)
But I feel like such an idiot. I don't recall setting up the printer with Jetdirect under Mandrake. I did recall directing it to the ip address at port 9100. My problem was I was trying to set it up with everything EXCEPT Jetdirect under FC3. I thought "it couldn't be this because I don't have a Jetdirect server". Thanks for the education.
tonydm
on HP printers that are jetdirect.
Actually,... all the modern laserjets with an ethernet interface emulate
a Unix lpd print queue, which is much more flexible than the old jetdirect "protocol". so, just choose "networked unix lpd", use a
queuename of "raw", give it the printer's IP address, choose an
appropriate printer driver, and voila!
