Add remote printer

[wesrick]

My customer can't add a remote printer, they can only use the HP Print Manager.

What should I do?

THanks,
-Rick

 

[motoslide]

Please give more information, for starters.
How is the printer attached to the network? Does it have it's own internal network adapter, or is it attached to an external device; (i.e. HP JetDirect, NetGear, Shared on PC, other UNIX system, etc.)
What flavor of SCO? Is it OpenServer or Unixware? Version?
Do you have any existing network printers already configured and working properly?

You can search this forum for previous solutions. Your's might be similar to previous issues.

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[wesrick]

Hi,

OK, the printer (copier - KonicaMinolta Bizhub 350) has a network card. It also has a USB port that we can print with if connected to a computer.

SCO Unix - OpenServer.. 5.0.7

How do we add the part that will allow us to add a remote printer? When we try, it has brackets around it. Click on it and it doesn't work.

Hope that helps!

 

[PHV]

scoadmin -> >Printers -> Printer Manager
menu Printer -> Add Remote -> Unix ...

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[wesrick]

Hi,
and I tried that.. however, all of the add remote has brackets around it and won't allow me to select it. How do I get those brackets gone so I can add one?


Thanks!

 

[PHV]

Is your OpenServer networking ?
You may try rlpconf instead.

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[wesrick]

OK, had him try that, but no luck. I think we're going to have to call SCO. Is this no longer installed by default? Is there a certain package to install to get these options?

 

[motoslide]

You have to be running Enterprise version. The Desktop version has limited network functions.
Run "custom" and expand the following tree:
SCO OpenServer Enterprise System (ver 5.0.7Hw)
SCO OpenServer Enterprise System Connectivity (ver 5.0.7Hw)
SCO TCP/IP (ver 2.1.1Hw)
Remote Line Printing Runtime Set

If you have that last entry, then the commands PHV provided should work. (Also try "mkdev rlp" if you haven't already done so by now). If not, you should be able to add that module. If you are not running Enterprise version, then your call to SCO will be routed to sales. Have your credit card handy.



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[PHV]

custom
SCO OpenServer Enterprise System (ver 5.0.7Hw)
SCO OpenServer Enterprise System Connectivity (ver 5.0.7Hw)
SCO TCP/IP (ver 2.1.1Hw)
* Remote Line Printing Runtime Set


Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Steve Bowman]

also #mkdev rlp will install the needed software just type #mkdev rlp once this is done you can use either the scoadmin->printer functions or the #rlpconf utility

Steve Bowman
Independent Technology, Inc.
CA, USA