Hi,
In our environment we have a DEC AlphaServer 2000 4/233 and most of our
printers are HP LaserJet and HP line printer. The problem we have is we
configured two HP LaserJet 4MV connected to the network thru internal
JetDirect cards, model J2552A, and they all print okay. Below is the
printcap entry for one of the printers :-
>>ishp4mv|lp0|ishp4mv:\
>> :af=/usr/adm/ishp4mv.acct:\
>> :fc#0177777:\
>> :fs#023:\
>> :if=/usr/lbin/ps_level2of:\
>> :lf=/usr/adm/ishp4mv.elog:\
>> :lp=:\
>> :mx#0:\
>> :of=/usr/lbin/ps_level2of:\
>> :pl#66:\
>> :pw#80:\
>> :rm=ishp4mv:\
>> :rp=text:\
>> :rw:\
>> :sd=/usr/spool/ishp4mv:\
>> :sh:\
>> :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:
And the lpq command returns the following output :-
>> omc_pg4:Thu May 23 14:29:37 1996 :
>> JetDirect lpd: no entries
Now the problem is when we configured another two HP printers (one is a HP
LaserJet 4M and the other is a HP 2562c line printer) connected to the
network thru external JetDirect adapters, model J2382B, both are unable to
print. Below is the printcap entry for the HP Line Printer :-
>>mrpline|lp1|mrpline:\
>> :af=/usr/adm/mrpline.acct:\
>> :if=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
>> :lf=/usr/adm/mrpline.elog:\
>> :lp=:\
>> :mx#0:\
>> :of=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
>> :pl#66:\
>> :pw#80:\
>> :rm=mrpline:\
>> :rp=text:\
>> :rw:\
>> :sd=/usr/spool/mrpline:\
>> :sh:\
>> :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:
And the lpq command returns the following output :-
>> omc_pg4:Mon May 27 08:40:12 1996 : waiting for mrpline to come up
Both these printers are also configured to print from our HP9000 and our
Novell machines and they print okay. From what we can see is that the
internal JetDirect cards seem to work fine, but the external adapters seems
to have problem communicating with the server (this is shown thru the lpq
command). Our local technical support for both DEC and HP have not been much
help in solving this problem. So any help in solving this problem will be
much appreciated.
Thank you.
Surash Natarajan
OTIS Engineering Centre - Penang, Malaysia
surash_at_omc.otis.utc.com
Received on Wed May 29 1996 - 04:13:12 NZST