In article <62o2o8F23vkteU1@mid.individual.net>,
Frank Winkler <frank-usenet@kfw-family.org> wrote:

> Hi there !
>
> Can anybody tell what's special about HP network printers? Even the Solaris
> man pages treat them in s special manner and indeed, I'm havong some
> trouble now.
>
> On an old E280R running Solaris 8, JetAdmin is installed and printing on a
> LJ4100 work perfectly. Now I have a V20z running Solaris 10 and printing to
> that HP work as long as I use the E280R as print server. I have configured
> a local printer on the V20z and it doesn't work. The funny thing is that
> when I configure it exactly the same way on the SPARC box (not using
> JetAdmin), it also works.
> It seems that some traffic arrives at the printer as it complains about
> paper mismatch. But I requested A4 which is definitely present.
>
> /etc/lp/printers/jet4100 looks like this:
>
> Banner: off
> Content types: postscript
> Device: /dev/null
> Interface: /usr/lib/lp/model/netstandard_foomatic
> Printer type: PS
> Modules:
> Options: dest=jet4100:9100,protocol=tcp
>
> and I also tried it without port 9100
>
> Any ideas?
>
> fw

I recall that Solaris uses the SVR4 printing system and the JetAdmin
software to connect to the JetAdmin card on an HP printer. It uses hpnp
to do that actual network connection and transfer the print file to the
printer's queue. Prior to the transfer, it uses a special script that
allows for formatting, tray control, etc. to prepend stuff to the print
job. I don't know if CUPS or whatever is in use on Solaris now will
work directly with a network-attached HP printer without JetAdmin. It
seems your problems would show that it won't.

You've currently got the printer setup to use the E280R as a print
server so that print jobs spool through it. You want to print directly
to the printer instead. Install the JetAdmin software and that might
solve your problem.

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