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".