samba - Jun 1999 - Anyone successfully using a HP 8000 DN (with JetDirect module and IP) with samba?

Anyone successfully using a HP 8000 DN or HP 5 Lsi (with JetDirect module
and assigned IP)  with samba?

Subject says it all.  If you're successfully doing this, what configs made
it work?  FAQs
tell how to set up with a print server, but what if the printer itself is
the server?  Trust me,
the HP doesn't know jack about port 139.

Using samba 2.0.4 on Solaris 7 and NT 4.0 SP5 with hotfixes.

TIA

John Jamerson

Hello,

it should work this way:

Create an entry in /etc/printcap as remote printer with the IP-address of the
printer(-server). The remote queue is RAW for the JetDirect Card or RAW1-RAW3
for the printer server. These Names are sometimes mentioned in the manuals.
Then install the Windows printer driver for a remote printer on your
workstation.

If anything goes wrong use a program to connect to port 9100-9102 on the printer
server (PORT1-PORT3).

Hope it helps....


Burkhard Weeber
C. Haushahn Automationssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
P/O Box 300668
D-70446 Stuttgart
Email: B.Weeber@haushahn-as.de

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Subject: Anyone successfully using a HP 8000 DN (with JetDirect module
and IP) with samba?


Anyone successfully using a HP 8000 DN or HP 5 Lsi (with JetDirect module
and assigned IP)  with samba?

Subject says it all.  If you're successfully doing this, what configs made
it work?  FAQs
tell how to set up with a print server, but what if the printer itself is
the server?  Trust me,
the HP doesn't know jack about port 139.

Using samba 2.0.4 on Solaris 7 and NT 4.0 SP5 with hotfixes.

TIA

John Jamerson

Yes, there are 3 ways that work well.
Even JetAdmin works but it is hugely overweight.

In these examples hp8000 is the unix name of the printer
 and ip.of.hp is its IP number.



1) Plain old BSD LPD

Sun have at last found the bug that returns "Printer Faulted"
 on any lpstat between a Solaris box and HP.

Bug Id: 4167443
 Category: utility
 Subcategory: printer
 State: integrated
 Synopsis: Unable to configure SUN to HP or Unisys printing under 2.6.
 Description:
After configuring a remote printer that resides on a HP print server lpstat
reports the printer in an "unknown state". This is the same as closed
bug 4127263. The printer was added in the traditional fashion using the
standard 2.6 utilities. 

And they have patched it: Patch-ID 107115  And it works!

So you can add an HP8000 with
lpadmin -p hp8000 -v /dev/null -i /usr/lib/lp/model/netstandard \
	-Isimple,postscript,pcl -o dest=ip.of.hp -o protocol=bsd
enable hp8000
accept hp8000

vi /etc/lp/interfaces/hp8000
 and set nobanner=yes
 or you'll waste paper.

Try testing it:

lpstat -t | grep hp8000 | lp -d hp8000

In the past, after a long delay you would be holding
 a perfectly printed sheet telling you your printer doesn't work.




2) RAW TCP CONNECTION TO PORT 9100

Since Solaris 2.6 you can add printers using a raw tcp connection to port 9100

lpadmin -p hp8000 -v /dev/null -i /usr/lib/lp/model/netstandard \
	-Isimple,postscript,pcl -o dest=ip.of.hp:9100 -o protocol=raw

Works fine, you don't get any logging of connection status but.



3) USING BITS FROM JETADMIN

If you have installed the 3.7 Meg of JetAdmin...
 well there are 270K of useful bits that provide a good connection to HP
JetDirect.

I assume you have the JetAdmin package in /opt/hpnp

lpadmin -p hp8000 -v /dev/null -i /opt/hpnp/sh/hpnp.model -I
'simple,postscript,pcl'

Then you must edit the /etc/lp/interfaces/hp8000 file:
  PERIPH=ip.of.hp
  HPNPF=/opt/hpnp/bin/hpnpf
  REALMODEL=/opt/hpnp/<you'll have to find it>/net_ljx000

And you must have in place the files:
  /opt/hpnp/lib/hpnpsnmp1.so 
  /opt/hpnp/lib/hpnpsnmp2.so

I have doctored copies of the hpnp.model and net_lj5x00 sh-scripts
 and an add_hp_printer script of my own if you are interested.

Michaelj

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Remember of course that these printers are nice Postscript printers.    We
use 5 of these beasts for our printing.
The following configs seem to work for us.

Printer Drivers on Windows:
--------------------------

We use the Adobe Postscript Printer Drivers.  

Adobe? PostScript? Printer Driver AdobePS (TM) 5.0.1 for
Microsoft? Windows NT (TM) Version 4.0
U.S. English

From: http://www.adobe.com

Samba Config section for the printers:
--------------------------------------

printers.conf

[printer$]
    path = /var/spool/samba/printers
    admin users = me
    browseable = no
    printable = no
    public = yes
    writable = no
    locking = no

[HP8000]
    comment = HP8000
    printer driver = HP8000N
    path = /var/spool/samba/printjobs
    browseable = yes
    printable = yes
    public = no
    writable = no


Printer.def 

LJ8000N:ADOBEPS4.DRV:HP8000_4.PPD:ADOBEPS4.HLP:PostScript Language \  
Monitor:RAW:HP8000_4.PPD,ADOBEPS4.DRV,ADOBEPS4.HLP,DEFPRTR2.PPD, \ 
ADFONTS.MFM,ICONLIB.DLL,PSMON.DLL,PSCRIPT.INI

/etc/printcap
-------------

hp8000|hp8000
        :tc=@melclient

hp8000|hp8000
        :oh=printserver
        :lp=hp8000n.mel%9100
        :connect_grace#1
        :tc=@ctihpfilter


#       global defaults
#       ---------------

@defaults
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
#       :af=acct
        :lf=log  
        :ps=status
        :rw
        :sh
        :mx#0
        :xt@
        :send_try#1
        :send_failure_action=remove
 
@melclient
        :rm=printserver
        :tc=@defaults
        
@ctihpfilter
        :tc=@defaults
        :if=/opt/local/lib/filters/ifhp
        :of=/opt/local/lib/filters/ofhp


To make all this work We use LPRNG with the CTI-ifhp-2.2.3 filters installed:

LprNG  can be got from :

Web Page and HOWTO in HTML format:
   http://www.astart.com/LPRng.html
   and the HOWTO/ directory in the distribution

The software may be obtained from
   ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng  (Main site)


CTI-ifhp-2.2.3  can be got from : ?????
   I cant rememebr where we downloaded this from! :(  if sombody could
remind me that would be good :)  *ducks* 


Once all that is installed and configured I think it should all work
perfectly :)  Good luck! 

Let me know if you have problems! :) 

Regards, 

David Crisp
Connect.com.au Pty Ltd
+61 3 9251 3646
MIS / PC Admin type Dude

On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:53:12 -0400 jjamerson@mis-intl.com Wrote :

:  Anyone successfully using a HP 8000 DN or HP 5 Lsi (with JetDirect module 
:  and  assigned IP) with samba?