Is there a way to add a printer that is on the network running an HP-Print
Server? When I go into smit , and add a printer, my only options are for a
parallel port or serial port.

Thanks

MIKE U <lbpipe@nunyabusiness.com> wrote:
: Is there a way to add a printer that is on the network running an HP-Print
: Server? When I go into smit , and add a printer, my only options are for a
: parallel port or serial port.

: Thanks

I went thru a process of adding several hundred remote printers and so made a
script to do it, but in essence, here is what I do. You can look at the man
pages for more info about the various options. I'm not printing to a print
server so your situation is a little different, but not much. "host_name" is
probably your print server name. I generally use a generic name since most
of mine are not kept in a name server, then add the name and IP address into
/etc/hosts. I'm sure there is a way to do it via smit, but in my situation
this was much easier to do.


enq -G (gracefully stops the qdaemon)

mkque -qqueue_name -a 'host = host_name' -a 'rq = remote_queue' \
-a 'up = TRUE' -a 's_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort' \
-a 'l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdlong'

mkquedev -d @queue_name -q 'queue_name' -a 'backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak' \
-a 'align = FALSE'

startsrc -s qdaemon (start the qdaemon)

If you don't stop and start the qdaemon, it potentially can cause problems.
If someone tries to print when it is down, they will get an error, but
otherwise shouldn't cause problems doing this.

Ron

Install the printers.hpJetDirect.attach fileset from your AIX installation
CD.

Best regards,
Paul

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> Is there a way to add a printer that is on the network running an HP-Print
> Server? When I go into smit , and add a printer, my only options are for
a
> parallel port or serial port.
>
> Thanks
>
>