From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 4 8:49:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp08.wxs.nl (smtp08.wxs.nl [195.121.6.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3194C37B400 for ; Sat, 4 May 2002 08:49:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yokozuna.bsd ([213.10.35.60]) by smtp08.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GVLFXQ02.Z4B for ; Sat, 4 May 2002 17:49:02 +0200 Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 17:47:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco Beishuizen Reply-To: Marco Beishuizen To: FreeBSD questions mailing list Subject: Re: [partly solved] printing via a JetDirect 600N printserver In-Reply-To: <20020504142014.E299-100000@yokozuna.bsd> Message-ID: <20020504173420.I299-100000@yokozuna.bsd> FreeBSD: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 4 May 2002, the wise Marco Beishuizen spoke, and said: > On Sat, 4 May 2002, the wise Chris Hill spoke, and said: > > > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > > > > > [...] I installed a JetDirect 600N on my HP laserjet 2100, and I'm > > > using apsfilter to install the printer. > > > > > > Well, my question is how to print... Apsfilter needs to know about the > > > IP adress and hostname of the printer. How do I know what the hostname > > > and the IP adress of the JetDirect are? > > > > Don't know anything about apsfilter, but I have two printers with > > JetDirect interfaces. In both cases, you can set the IP address from the > > printer's front panel. Look for a menu that says something about "MIO > > configure", and then "IP address" under that. Once you've set that, you > > can telnet to the printer and set up the rest. The newer HP printers > > have an embedded web server, and you can just point a browser to the > > printer's IP and configure away using their GUI. > > It's a LaserJet 2100, and initially it didn't have a printserver in > it. The printer doesn't have a panel with a menu. So my problem now is > that if I want to know what the IP adress is I need to telnet to the > printserver, but for telnetting I need to know the IP adress. > > The only "adresses" I can find, are on the JetDirect itself: > TR: 000C83B1D029 > AD: 0030C18D0B94 > > Is it possible to configure it with this info? > > > The hostname is whatever you say it is - put an entry in /etc/hosts to > > match the IP address you set on the printer. > > > > HTH. > > > > -- > > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > Marco Hi, Thanks for the help so far. I partly solved my printing problem by attaching a windows laptop to my network. On the laptop I installed the software and I was able to connect to the printserver with a browser. The printer got IP address 10.0.0.152, and with windows printing is ok. I'm able to ping to the printer. My problem is parly solved because I still can't print from FreeBSD. I'm still trying to configure the printer with apsfilter, but when I try to print a test page I got the message "unknown printer". Marco -- The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message