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Need help printer setup on Redhat Linux
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| My OS is rhel-3 update 4
My printer is HP LaserJet 8000N
I set up my print by lpadmin command
(I don't have X window install, so
I can't used the GUI to set up).
I typed
lpadmin -pmy_printer_name -v/dev/lp0 -claserjet -mps
lpadmin -dmy_printer_name
accept my_printer_name
enable my_printer_name
lpstat -s
everything is good
lp a_test_file
The print job is queue, never sent to printer
cd /var/log/cups
tail -50 error_log
E [31/May/2005:15:05:39 -0400] print_job: No file!?!
I [31/May/2005:15:18:52 -0400] Job 7 queued on 'HPLaserJet8000N' by 'hads'.
E [31/May/2005:15:18:52 -0400] print_job: No file!?!
I [01/Jun/2005:06:30:26 -0400] Job 8 queued on 'HPLaserJet8000N' by 'hads'.
E [01/Jun/2005:06:30:26 -0400] print_job: No file!?!
I [01/Jun/2005:07:40:56 -0400] Job 9 queued on 'HPLaserJet8000N' by 'hads'.
Well, what is the print_job: No file!?! Mean?
In lpadmin command how do I find out the correct model name
and interface name when I use the -i and -m options?
Thank Q very much in advance!
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| Bill Marcum 2005-06-01, 5:54 pm |
| ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.unix.admin.]
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:29:27 -0400, RC
<raymond.chui@nospam.noaa.gov> wrote:
> My OS is rhel-3 update 4
> My printer is HP LaserJet 8000N
>
> I set up my print by lpadmin command
> (I don't have X window install, so
> I can't used the GUI to set up).
>
You can still use a text mode browser such as lynx or elinks to browse
http://localhost:631
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Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it didn't help
the rabbit.
-- R.E. Shay
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| me@privacy.net 2005-06-02, 7:49 am |
| In message <429DAA27.2090106@nospam.noaa.gov>, RC
<raymond.chui@nospam.noaa.gov> writes
>My OS is rhel-3 update 4
>My printer is HP LaserJet 8000N
>
>I set up my print by lpadmin command
>(I don't have X window install, so
>I can't used the GUI to set up).
>
>I typed
>
>lpadmin -pmy_printer_name -v/dev/lp0 -claserjet -mps
Should there be a space between the -v and the /dev
Do you need to mount /dev/lp0 before use?
I presume you are using the parallel cable as this is lp0 have you tried
setting it up as a network printer instead, I presume the N of 8000N
implies network that way you might be able to just send postscript files
to that ethernet address.
Is there a linux howto for printer setup?
--
Timothy
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Begin <T0n6aIEWcvnCFw6v@town-village.demon.co.uk>
On 2005-06-02, me@privacy.net <me@Privacy.Net> wrote:
> In message <429DAA27.2090106@nospam.noaa.gov>, RC
><raymond.chui@nospam.noaa.gov> writes
I think OP pays RH for answering this kind of stuff, right?
[vbcol=seagreen]
[snip!][vbcol=seagreen]
> Should there be a space between the -v and the /dev
> Do you need to mount /dev/lp0 before use?
Mount a printer? Not that I'm aware of.
> I presume you are using the parallel cable as this is lp0 have you tried
> setting it up as a network printer instead, I presume the N of 8000N
> implies network
In which case you don't need a lp0 at all.
> that way you might be able to just send postscript files
> to that ethernet address.
Uhm. Better assign an IP address (BOOTP/DHCP/static) to the printer and
use that instead. But if that is the case then one does not need cups
and all that, just a small printcap entry for lpd. Then, I do not know
how linux, or more specifically rh enterprise, prefers to support this.
> Is there a linux howto for printer setup?
LDP, and redhat probably has its share of their own branded explanations.
--
j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l .
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| Michael Heiming 2005-06-02, 5:54 pm |
| [ Followup-To -> comp.os.linux.setup seems best match ]
In comp.os.linux.setup RC <raymond.chui@nospam.noaa.gov>:
> My OS is rhel-3 update 4
> My printer is HP LaserJet 8000N
> I set up my print by lpadmin command
> (I don't have X window install, so
> I can't used the GUI to set up).
Sure you can, there's no need for any xserver on the system just
to run some xapplication. X is full network aware. Best idea to
use it through ssh, install the small XFree86-xauth package and
request X11 Forwarding via 'ssh -C -X remotebox'.
On the other hand cups can be setup through its web interface,
again you can use ssh to forward the connection from your GUI
browser to the remote system. Or reconfigure cups to be
accessible from your desktop, IIRC default is localhost only.
Good luck
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