From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 14 06:10:26 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id GAA09937 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 06:10:26 -0800 Received: from tommy.extendsys.com (TOMMY.EXTENDSYS.COM [198.102.102.30]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA09931 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 06:10:25 -0800 Message-Id: <199503141410.GAA09931@freefall.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: HP4si with Jet Direct Network Card To: 70312.2134@compuserve.com (Tom Stevelt) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 07:28:18 -0700 (MST) From: David Poole Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <950314040421_70312.2134_CHV68-1@CompuServe.COM> from "Tom Stevelt" at Mar 13, 95 11:04:21 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL17] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 781 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Anyone out there printing with FreeBSD to an HP4si laser printer with > Jet Direct Network > Card? We have several Windows and SCO Unix machines which can print to it. > The > UNIX ones use TCP/IP and something called 'hpnpf'. What can I use with > FreeBSD. > Thanks for your help --- You should be able to use ftp/lp with the JetDirect card. If not, hpnpf is an HP utility that sends data directly to a TCP port, usually 9100. Should be simple to create, but I think hpnpf has source floating around somewhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Poole Networking under Dos is like davep@extendsys.com adding a fifth leg to a cow. Extended Systems, Inc. -me