On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:27:20PM -0800, tonydm wrote:
> fredex wrote:
>
> >On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:49:30PM -0600, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >>On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:33:15PM -0800, tonydm wrote:
> >>
> >>>Terry 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
> >>>
> >>It is not the server that is necessarily jetdirect it is the interface
> >>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!
> >
> 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.
Ah. My mistake.
We had a customer, running RHEL WS 3.0, who recently configured a printer
on one of those. Maybe I can find out how they did it, but it'll take
a few days to get the info if I can get it at all.
Fred
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