toby wrote: > > 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 . . . > Gad, I hate it when I read the original email fully _after_ I post a reply! I'm just saying that I have used the very same setup & it worked. If setting up jetdirct in printtool doesn't do the job, perhaps there's a problem with the jetdirect card? Does it have a TP & BNC ports? I've had the TP port go bad & resort to digging up thinnet-twistedpair conversion equipment to get it back online. Also, an old, small, headless PC could be hooked up through the parallel port & run the queue through that box. -tkb -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
