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Old 01-16-2008, 09:44 AM
Frank-Christian Kruegel
 
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Default Re: Newbie - Printing to Laserjet on Solaris 10

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:09:46 +0100, Adrian <ady_hume@hotmail.com> wrote:

>What I AM stumped with is getting either of the Ultra boxes to print to
>a Laserjet5 with a jetdirect card. I've searched google, read the Sun
>Big Admin document, spent all afternoon on HP's site and drawn a blank.
>It seems Jetadmin software is the way to go (according to suns bigadmin
>document). It seems Jetadmin solaris support ended with v8 or v9
>(according to which document you believe on HP's site)


I have never used the HP Jetdirect software. It's not necessary either.
JetDirect cards speak the Unix lpr/lpd protocol, so you can point your
AdminTool (or whatever it is called in this version) to the printer's IP
address. Use raw as queue name.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Frank-Christian Krügel
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