Hi,
To add a network printer to the server add the printers IP address in the file /etc/hosts for eg
10.101.173.101 prnserver
Then try to ping this IP.If u r able to successfully ping to this IP,then give the command:-
lpadmin -p prn2 -s prnserver!prn1
where prn2 is name of printer on your server
prnserver is name of print server
prn1 is the printer name
then make it default printer on your server by giving the cmd:
lpadmin -d prn2
I hope this helps....
The best way to add any printer, really, is to use Hp JetAdmin. If you don't have it, you can download it from hp's website. They have a version for many flavors (operating systems) available.
The info provided is very easy to follow if you read it.
The software will go out and verifiy if the ip address of the printer is ping-able before trying to config it. Al
Hi,
Since the printer is a remote printer,it won't take the enable and accept commands.Just check out if u are able to ping to the IP address of the printer and secondly see whether the printer is online or offline b'coz when u add a remote printer that is online it automatically accepts the print requests.....
it actually took the accept and enable commands, but I still cant get it to print......of course while this is going on my NIS and POP3 servers gotto crap. I'm loving my day
This is why I said to use JetAdmin - lpadmin stinks for this type of application - so does admintool - believe me I went through this.
Listen, there are three things going on here: the NIC name (print server); the Print server's name for itself; your name for the printer.
The NIC has to have a name - this will be your print server name - the name of the printer will resolve to its ip. Then the NIC will have a name for the printer it is attached to - this is what it calls the printer, its local printer name. Then you will call the printer something - it can be the same as what the print server calls itself.
If the print server's name (NIC) is ucprint01 and it calls itself HpLaserJet and you want to call it HpLaserJet then:
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