HP 4P/Plus w/JetDirect card and lpr (TCP/IP)

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3 total messages Started by Anthony Olejnik Wed, 05 Oct 1994 21:53

#84

Author: Anthony Olejnik
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1994 21:53

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Is the following possible:


	HP 4P (or 4Plus)			PC
	w/Jetdirect card			w/Novell's LWP v4.2 (lpr.exe)
		|					|
		|					|
      T------------------------------------------------------------T

Given the above configuration, can I print from the PC using Novell's
lpr.exe utility (part of LWP) *directly* to the HP printer?

Keep in mind that these are the *ONLY* two nodes on the network.
There is no Netware printer queue/spooler nor UNIX printer queue/spooler.

I'm not using Windows for Workgroups.  Only DOS (uggh).

I guess the question really is, "Does the HP 4P (4Plus) handle its
own spooling"?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

--tony

Re: HP 4P/Plus w/JetDirect card and lpr (TCP/IP)

#83

Author: Daniel Tran
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 15:21

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In article <36v793$b6j@netnews.upenn.edu> tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik) writes:

>Is the following possible:

>        HP 4P (or 4Plus)                        PC
>        w/Jetdirect card                        w/Novell's LWP v4.2 (lpr.exe)
>                |                                       |
>                |                                       |
>      T------------------------------------------------------------T

>Given the above configuration, can I print from the PC using Novell's
>lpr.exe utility (part of LWP) *directly* to the HP printer?

>Keep in mind that these are the *ONLY* two nodes on the network.
>There is no Netware printer queue/spooler nor UNIX printer queue/spooler.

>I'm not using Windows for Workgroups.  Only DOS (uggh).

>I guess the question really is, "Does the HP 4P (4Plus) handle its
>own spooling"?

I don't think so, please correct if i am wrong.  I have similar thing, but
I am using Charon (SMTP gateway by Brad Clements) to have a LPD running.  On 
Netware server, i define a queue associate with the print server.  From there, 
I can do lpr <filename> -H <hostname or ip address> -P <printqueue name>.

I think there is a another LPD that uses winsock.  Try to archie on WSLPD.ZIP 
or ftp to ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  This will run on your PC, save you some time 
setting up Charon.

Daniel Tran - dtran@emelnitz.ucla.edu

Re: HP 4P/Plus w/JetDirect card and lpr (TCP/IP)

#82

Author: Bill Hassell
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 22:02

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Anthony Olejnik (tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu) wrote:

: Is the following possible:


: 	HP 4P (or 4Plus)			PC
: 	w/Jetdirect card			w/Novell's LWP v4.2 (lpr.exe)
: 		|					|
: 		|					|
:       T------------------------------------------------------------T

: Given the above configuration, can I print from the PC using Novell's
: lpr.exe utility (part of LWP) *directly* to the HP printer?

  You have to configure the 4P with an IP address in order for the lpd
  portion of the card to work.  However, since there there is a software
  package available for JetDirect on Novell, I would probably use that.
  It doesn't use TCP/IP for the printer.

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