From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 8 11:45:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA25862 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 8 Feb 1997 11:45:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from inetsrv.wtrt.net (inetsrv.wtrt.net [205.231.181.67]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA25856 for ; Sat, 8 Feb 1997 11:45:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from allenh ([208.209.98.78]) by inetsrv.wtrt.net (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id NAA03950; Sat, 8 Feb 1997 13:46:07 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970208134229.00bb4128@wtrt.net> X-Sender: allenh@wtrt.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 beta 12 (32) Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 13:42:29 -0600 To: "Raistlin, Master of Past and Present" , dkelly@hiwaay.net From: Allen Hyer Subject: Re: (there wasn't any, but its an HP net printer problem) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: References: <199702080116.TAA14847@nexgen.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 11:31 AM 2/8/97 -0600, Raistlin, Master of Past and Present wrote: > > >On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote: > >> > Hi, >> > >> > 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> > >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... I had a similar problem with an HP4SiMx once. I had to upgrade the firmware on the JetDirect card to get it to work. It acted similar to what you describe, I could telnet into the printer, and get it to print from there, but I couldn't get a remote machine to get it to print. I don't know for sure that you need to upgrade the firmware, just thought I would throw that out there just in case. Allen Hyer System Administrator West Texas Rural Telephone