Craig White wrote: > > Still looking for someone that can give me a clue on this...sorry about > the second post. > > I'm having trouble connecting to either printer in the office...The > first is an HP LaserJet IIISi (very old network card) and a Toshiba > Copier. > > Both have TCP/IP support and have ip addresses on the subnet but it > seems that I can't use LPR to print to either. > Neither support Windows/SMB printing > > I have also tried to connect using LPR to AppleShare 6.3 print server > but the HP just gets the page, flashes a bit and then resets back to > ready mode. Apparently AppleShare 6.3 doesn't make the printers > available as an Windows printer and the NIC on the IIISi apparently > doesn't support HPJetAdmin type connections either - because of it's > ancient roots. > > If you have networked laserprinters that don't apparently support LPR, > is there a way to print to them through the network? > > Craig > The laserjet 3d with a jetdirect card will work fine - you just need to do a few things to make it work. If I remember right, you should be able to program IP info from the menu control panel - should be called something like HP MIO. Once you have the IP stuff setup, run printtool ( if it's still called that in psyche ) in RH and configure the printer using the jetdirect interface - you'll need to supply a queue name & the printer's IP, the default port 9100 should be fine. Sorry I can't give better details - it's all from memory. HP has removed much of the useful info about older jetdirect cards from their website - I get the feeling they would just like old equipment to die off & go away pushing people to buy new rather than resurrect the dead. Anyway, here's a link I found: http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?lc=en&docName=bpj05323 I'll look at work tomorrow for any old docs I may have hiding in a cabinet . . . -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
