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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

8017.0. "remote printing on Digital unix using HP JETdirect Et" by XKOV01::PAD () Wed Nov 27 1996 00:22

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8017.1CSC32::B_GRUBBSWed Nov 27 1996 11:308
8017.2very urgent:remote printing(HP JETdirect EXXKOV01::PADFri Nov 29 1996 01:5111
8017.3printcap exampleSAPEC3::WALLMEROTHFri Nov 29 1996 10:5010
8017.4re: HP printer and bootpSEPPLT::MARKMark GarrettMon Dec 02 1996 02:0011
8017.5HP jetdirect ex problem on Digital unixXKOV01::PADSun Jan 26 1997 23:491
    
8017.6HP JetDirect Ex on Digital UnixXKOV01::PADWed Jan 29 1997 23:5018
    I tried as per the solution given in the previous reply 4.
      The printcap entry is same as in the previous reply 4 .
    But same thing is prevailing.And after giving print, and see the 
    status from lpstat it says lp4(name of external n/w print server)down.
    
    once i am giving the details of setup.
      we are using HP JetDirect Ex an external n/w printserver.It has got
    utp, bnc and prallel port.we have connected printer to the prallel
    port of HP JetDirect Ex.And printer is HP laserjet 4P.And Digital unix
    Ver 3.2 .  And  HP JEtDirect is connected to N/W through BNC.
    we are able to the PING to the printserver.
    And with HP JetDirect Ex, HP has given software for HP-UX and SunOS
    And for other Unix they have told to contact the Unix vendor.
    
    Please give us solution to the above mentioned problem as soon as
    possible. It is very very urgent.
    
    
8017.7Probably old JetDirect firmware!TROOA::dhcp005.srn.dec.com::dlotensemper ubi sub ubiFri Jan 31 1997 09:229
1. Check the firmware level on the JetDirect card... if its A.0x or something	
similar, then its too old to work.
2. A quick check to determine if the firmware is too old is to attemp to 
telnet to its ip address... if you get a response, then it should work; if 
you get an access denied message or some other negative response, then I 
suspect the firmware level is too old.  Solution: upgrade firmware or get 
newer JetDirect card.

-doug
8017.8HP JetDirect Ex problem...XKOV01::PADThu Mar 27 1997 08:0048
 
  Unix Host
  _______
  |     |
  | 6   |Thin wire
  |     |________________                     ____________
  |_____|                |                    |          |  
                       1 |    2             3 |         _|__________   
                    ____|_|__|_|_________|______|_      |    5     | HP Laserjet
                    |           _____            |      |          | -4p printer
                    |          |  4  |           |      ------------
                    |           -----            |
                    ------------------------------
                HP JetDirect Ex J2382B(External n/w Print server)          



1.Thin wire connection (through which i have connected HP JetDirect Ex).
2.utp port.
3.Prallel port.
4.Test button on HP Jetdirect Ex.
5.HP laserjet 4P printer (Which does not have inbuilt ethernet card).
6.Unix Host.
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The above diagram shows how HP JetDirect Ex connected on n/w.
Scince every body is confusing about HP laserJet 4M plus printer,Which 
has got inbuilt ethernet card.And we can do telnet to this.
HP JetDirect is an external N/W printserver we can only  ping .

For the above setup please tell how to configure on Digital unix 3.2.
I have tried all things which was in told Digital notes conference 
reply,but not printing.

LATEST UPDATE DONE IS, I have created lp.cfg (Which contains the
name HP jetDirect EX and ip address of clients which can access this
printserver) . This file path is given in /etc/bootptab file.When we take 
test print from HP JetDirect Ex we are getting "Access violation" in
the second page of test print.And on unix side an entry is put in
/var/adm/syslog.dated/mar 12 1997/lpr.log . Whenever printserver
tries to get lp.cfg file entry . The entery in lpr.log is as follows

PRINTER :TFTP CONFIG FILE FETCH FROM 134.32.130.232 FAILED WITH TFTP 

ERROR NO 2 "ACCESS VIOLATION" 


What can be the cause of tftp loading failure , if someone can help me out.
Thanks in advance.