I installed (full install) Solaris 10 1/06 on an Ultra 10. I used the
print manager to set up a printer; an HP Laser Jet 4000 with a JetDirect
card. I made it the default printer.

I said "lp /etc/hosts" to print a "test page".

Nothing happened. No error message and nothing came out of the printer.

sunburn_$ lpq
LJ4000 is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
active root 1 /etc/hosts 118 bytes
1st root 2 /etc/inet/hosts 118 bytes
sunburn_$

The printer is "ready and printing", so what's the problem.

It's great that you can pick your printer by manufacturer and model from
a list and set it up with a few mouse clicks but it's worth nothing if
the printer won't print.

The printer works fine; I print to it from my Solaris 8 and 9 systems
and my Windoze system. S8 and S9 systems use the HP JetDirect support
from the JetDirect CD. The problem is somewhere in Solaris 10.

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> I installed (full install) Solaris 10 1/06 on an Ultra 10. I used the
> print manager to set up a printer; an HP Laser Jet 4000 with a JetDirect
> card. I made it the default printer.
>
> I said "lp /etc/hosts" to print a "test page".
>
> Nothing happened. No error message and nothing came out of the printer.
>
> sunburn_$ lpq
> LJ4000 is ready and printing
> Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
> active root 1 /etc/hosts 118 bytes
> 1st root 2 /etc/inet/hosts 118 bytes
> sunburn_$
>
> The printer is "ready and printing", so what's the problem.
>
> It's great that you can pick your printer by manufacturer and model from
> a list and set it up with a few mouse clicks but it's worth nothing if
> the printer won't print.
>
> The printer works fine; I print to it from my Solaris 8 and 9 systems
> and my Windoze system. S8 and S9 systems use the HP JetDirect support
> from the JetDirect CD. The problem is somewhere in Solaris 10.


I have never used the HP jetdirect software.
What I do is to use Printmanager GUI to set up
TCP printing to Printer-hostname:9100

In Printermanagers "New network printer applet "

select Protocol TCP
Select Destination Printer-Hostname:9100

Printer-Hostname is the DNS name of the printer.
or the name form /etc/hosts

It may well be that HP has not qualified JetDirect on Solaris 10
But I dont know that.
This website dont have a solaris 10 version for JD .............

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...351&taskId=135

//Lars

tunla wrote:

> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>
>>I installed (full install) Solaris 10 1/06 on an Ultra 10. I used the
>>print manager to set up a printer; an HP Laser Jet 4000 with a JetDirect
>>card. I made it the default printer.
>>
>>I said "lp /etc/hosts" to print a "test page".
>>
>>Nothing happened. No error message and nothing came out of the printer.
>>
>>sunburn_$ lpq
>>LJ4000 is ready and printing
>>Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
>>active root 1 /etc/hosts 118 bytes
>>1st root 2 /etc/inet/hosts 118 bytes
>>sunburn_$
>>
>>The printer is "ready and printing", so what's the problem.
>>
>>It's great that you can pick your printer by manufacturer and model from
>>a list and set it up with a few mouse clicks but it's worth nothing if
>>the printer won't print.
>>
>>The printer works fine; I print to it from my Solaris 8 and 9 systems
>>and my Windoze system. S8 and S9 systems use the HP JetDirect support
>>from the JetDirect CD. The problem is somewhere in Solaris 10.
>
>
>
> I have never used the HP jetdirect software.
> What I do is to use Printmanager GUI to set up
> TCP printing to Printer-hostname:9100
>
> In Printermanagers "New network printer applet "
>
> select Protocol TCP
> Select Destination Printer-Hostname:9100
>
> Printer-Hostname is the DNS name of the printer.
> or the name form /etc/hosts
>
> It may well be that HP has not qualified JetDirect on Solaris 10
> But I dont know that.
> This website dont have a solaris 10 version for JD .............
>
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...351&taskId=135
>
> //Lars
>

I did not specify a port number, I just specified the name that
translates, via /etc/hosts, to the IP address of the printer.
I'll try adding the ":9100".

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> >
> >
> > I have never used the HP jetdirect software.
> > What I do is to use Printmanager GUI to set up
> > TCP printing to Printer-hostname:9100
> >
> > In Printermanagers "New network printer applet "
> >
> > select Protocol TCP
> > Select Destination Printer-Hostname:9100
> >
> > Printer-Hostname is the DNS name of the printer.
> > or the name form /etc/hosts
> >
> > It may well be that HP has not qualified JetDirect on Solaris 10
> > But I dont know that.
> > This website dont have a solaris 10 version for JD .............
> >
> > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...351&taskId=135
> >
> > //Lars
> >
>
> I did not specify a port number, I just specified the name that
> translates, via /etc/hosts, to the IP address of the printer.
> I'll try adding the ":9100".

I should have explained that port 9100 is the default
TCP port for HP printers. lpsched needs this info to
connect ( to the printer ) .

//Lars

tunla wrote:

> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>
>
>>>
>>> I have never used the HP jetdirect software.
>>>What I do is to use Printmanager GUI to set up
>>>TCP printing to Printer-hostname:9100
>>>
>>> In Printermanagers "New network printer applet "
>>>
>>> select Protocol TCP
>>> Select Destination Printer-Hostname:9100
>>>
>>> Printer-Hostname is the DNS name of the printer.
>>> or the name form /etc/hosts
>>>
>>> It may well be that HP has not qualified JetDirect on Solaris 10
>>> But I dont know that.
>>> This website dont have a solaris 10 version for JD .............
>>>
>>>http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...351&taskId=135
>>>
>>>//Lars
>>>
>>
>>I did not specify a port number, I just specified the name that
>>translates, via /etc/hosts, to the IP address of the printer.
>>I'll try adding the ":9100".
>
>
> I should have explained that port 9100 is the default
> TCP port for HP printers. lpsched needs this info to
> connect ( to the printer ) .
>
> //Lars
>

The fact that 9100 is the default port is the reason it did not occur to
me to try to specify it.

Print Manager will not allow me, as root, to modify or delete the printer.

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> tunla wrote:
>
> > Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>> I have never used the HP jetdirect software.
> >>>What I do is to use Printmanager GUI to set up
> >>>TCP printing to Printer-hostname:9100
> >>>
> >>> In Printermanagers "New network printer applet "
> >>>
> >>> select Protocol TCP
> >>> Select Destination Printer-Hostname:9100
> >>>
> >>> Printer-Hostname is the DNS name of the printer.
> >>> or the name form /etc/hosts
> >>>
> >>> It may well be that HP has not qualified JetDirect on Solaris 10
> >>> But I dont know that.
> >>> This website dont have a solaris 10 version for JD .............
> >>>
> >>>http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...351&taskId=135
> >>>
> >>>//Lars
> >>>
> >>
> >>I did not specify a port number, I just specified the name that
> >>translates, via /etc/hosts, to the IP address of the printer.
> >>I'll try adding the ":9100".
> >
> >
> > I should have explained that port 9100 is the default
> > TCP port for HP printers. lpsched needs this info to
> > connect ( to the printer ) .
> >
> > //Lars
> >
>
> The fact that 9100 is the default port is the reason it did not occur to
> me to try to specify it.
>

Yeah, but its not hardcoded into lpsched.


> Print Manager will not allow me, as root, to modify or delete the printer.


Strange try:

# lpadmin -x printername

to delete the printer.

//Lars