Request help setting up IP printer w/Jetdirect card

[mcaron at tiac.net (Mark Caron)]

Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> 
> Thanks.  Yes, I discovered lpd needed to run :-)
> 
> My next task will be to devise a filter to ideally have all jobs (text and
> binary) converted to postscript, the universal language, and then printed.
> 
> If you or anyone else on the list has a working filter for this purpose,
> please email it (or reference a URL).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Scott
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Glenn Burkhardt wrote:
> 
> > I have this exact configuration running (HP 4000 with JetDirect J3110A board).
> >
> > The JetDirect board is wonderful - it was a snap to get working.  It directly
> > supports the lpd printer protocol, has an http server, and a telnet server.
> >
> > It sounds like the problem you're having is on your local Linux system - check
> > the logs in /var/log to try to find out why your daemon dies.
There is a filter called a2ps which converts many different formats to ps.  

http://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/a2ps.html

Mark

> >
> > My printcap entry is:
> >
> > lp|lz0:\
> >         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> >         :mx#0:\
> >         :rm=hp4000:\
> >         :sh :\
> >         :rp=auto:
> >
> > The instructions in the CDROM were pretty clear - you can check/change your
> > printer's configuration with either Netscape or telnet.
> >
> > My setup worked right out of the box.  The only trick was disabling the banner
> > page - the only access to that switch is through telnet.
> >
> >
> >
> 
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