Errors on network printing "access test failed"

[antix]

Hello,

I have added a network printer through SCOADMIn but get errors with testing..

Please enter selection: 5

Enter the network peripheral name or IP address: lp55

The following types of test files can be sent to the printer:

1) text file
2) PostScript file
3) HP-GL/2 file

Which type of file should be sent? (1/2/3 default=1) 1

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Checking that soutb is on the printer's access list ...
/usr/lib/hpnp/cfg/canaccess lp55

Printer access test failed. Add soutb to the
printer's access list before continuing.

The IP address is confuigured correctly on the pserver and is alive.
Thanks Scott

 

[Wonboodoo]

You got an entry for "lp55" in your "/etc/hosts" file or in your DNS server? Can you "ping lp55" from SCO?

 

[antix]

Yes.. all is set up well there...

 

[Steve Bowman]

I am having this issue, did anyone figure it out?

Steve Bowman
steve.bowman@ultraex.com

 

[PHV]

For HPNP, the printer, idealy, must be a HP one.
It should accept requests via port 9100 and have SNMP enabled.
Another way is to use netcat
Yet another way is to use LPR/LPD protocol and the define the printer as remote.

Hope This Help, PH.
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