Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 15:02:56 -0600 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: "Raistlin, Master of Past and Present" <raistln@ksu.edu> Cc: dkelly@hiwaay.net, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: (there wasn't any, but its an HP net printer problem) Message-ID: <199702082102.PAA25837@nexgen.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Raistlin, Master of Past and Present" <raistln@ksu.edu> of "Sat, 08 Feb 1997 11:31:11 CST." <Pine.SOL.3.91.970208112900.11652A-100000@cbs.ksu.ksu.edu>
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> > > I am currently running 2.1.6 and am trying to connect to a HP > > > Laserjet 3si over a network. The printer will allow me to telnet in and > > > will print out the text I send to it, but lpq gives a "Queue does not > > > exist", even though it still allows me to queue up the items. This is what > > > I have entered in /etc/printcap: > > > > > > lp|oak|Hewlett Packard Laserjet 3Si:\ > > > :lp=/dev/null:rm=myhostname:rp=oak:sd=/var/spool/lpd/oak: > > > > Try changing "rp=oak" above to "rp=lp". HP's embedded lpd emulates a host > > with a printer named lp attached. You can still call it oak locally. [...] > > Now I'm getting this error here: > > waiting for queue to be enabled on oak.ksu.ksu.edu > > Is my setup incorrect, or is it the printer that's the problem? lpc > show's the following: > > lp: > queuing is enabled > printing is enabled > no entries > printer idle > > I'm not sure why it won't work... Hey, but you are making progress... You can ping the printer? The printer needs an IP address and netmask. That's usually the first thing I have to work thru when putting a new printer on the net that has its own ethernet port. HP's are nice enough that you can set the IP address and netmask with only 100 or so button pushes on the front panel. Tek printers require RARP/BOOTP, which is also available on the HP. Oh, and it should go without saying, make sure TCP/IP is enabled on the printer's ethernet port. If you can ping the thing, then telnet to it. And see what HP thinks its configuration is. If you can get that far, the clue to what is wrong is hidden somewhere on that setup page. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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