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Managing printers and print jobs

Configuring Hewlett-Packard network printers and print services

Hewlett-Packard network printers attach directly to a network using the built-in network card.

To configure a Hewlett-Packard network printer, use the HP Network Printer Manager located in the Printers directory of the SCOadmin hierarchy. To configure the print services for an HP network printer, use the HP Network Print Services Manager (in the same location).

There are three steps to configuring and managing HP network printers:

See the hpnpcfg(ADM) manual page for more information.


NOTE: The HP Network Print Services Manager is used to initially install and configure the necessary files. The HP Network Printer Manager is used thereafter to configure printers and the print service. (The HP Network Print Services Manager actually invokes the HP Network Printer Manager for certain tasks, which is intentional.)

See also:

Setting up a BOOTP server

The BOOTP server must be on the same subnet as the HP network printer and no other host should be used to configure BOOTP for the printer. Follow these steps:

  1. Start the HP Network Print Services Manager.

  2. Enter i to install the network printing.

  3. Enter y to install the startup configuration utilities.

  4. Enter y to install the spooler utilities.

  5. The HP Network Printer Manager is then invoked automatically. Enter 2 at the main menu to configure BOOTP/TFTP.

  6. You are prompted to provide several pieces of information, including:


    NOTE: Do not use the Verify BOOTP/TFTP configuration option of the main menu; it is not supported.

  7. Enter 6 to add the printer to the spooler.

  8. Enter the name of the printer.

  9. Enter the network name of the printer.

  10. Enter the model interface script to use (generally laserjethpnp).

  11. Enter the spooler class (optional).

  12. Enter y if you want this to be the default printer.

  13. Press <Enter> to continue and the is added to the system.

  14. Reboot the system. The printer will be active upon startup.

Configuring hosts to use an HP network printer

On each host that will access the HP network printer:

  1. Start the HP Network Print Services Manager.

  2. Enter i to install the network printing.

  3. Enter n to install the startup configuration utilities.

  4. Enter y to install the spooler utilities.

  5. Enter 6 to add the printer to the spooler.

  6. Enter the name of the printer.

  7. Enter the network name of the printer.

  8. Enter the model interface script to use (generally laserjethpnp).

  9. Enter the spooler class (optional).

  10. Enter y if you want this to be the default printer.

  11. Press <Enter> to continue and the printer is added to the system. It should be available for printing immediately.

Performing maintenance with the HP Network Printer Manager

Unless you need to remove the HP network print services entirely, use the HP Network Printer Manager to make any further changes once the service is configured.

Use the HP Network Printer Manager to:


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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003