Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:22:26 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: David Bein <bein@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP JetDirect EX printer problems ... Message-ID: <20031112222226.GF37293@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <3FB2B072.23E45EED@world.std.com> References: <3FB2B072.23E45EED@world.std.com>
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In the last episode (Nov 12), David Bein said: > I have an older J2383 Jet Direct box which I am trying to setup for a > FreeBSD 4.9/x86 box. I have tried various things in /etc/printcap, > but still I get nothing reasonable. I know the box is working because > if I telnet to port 9100 on the Jet Direct and type in some lines and > then quit out of telnet, it prints them. So my problem is not the > hardware or network connectivity. > > I am confused about whether this should be "lp=<port>@<host>" with > appropriate filters or some variant of "rm=<host> rp=TEXT". Either should work. I prefer the "rm" style since that works a bit better when you have multiple systems printing to the same printer. Make sure to telnet to the jetdirect and disable banners, though. > None of the software examples I have seen appear to reference port > 9100 and so I am confused as to how it knows what to connect to > except in the <port>@<host> configuration. Neither of these > approaches worked. What happens? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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