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I've browsed the woeful HP documentation on the JetDirect stuff and can't find any details on how to print to ports other than the default on a multi-port JetDirect print server.

My guess was different printer names; but what are the names?

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Keith Gibbons wrote: It

prints no problem when configured for parallel. If you have any tips, I would be eternally grateful.

You will forgive a Linux "newbie" for replying (but I am a printer techie!). If it prints ok when using the parallel port, then the problem is (again!) in the configuration. As far as I understand it, the basic system works like this: You click "Print" (or type cat.., whatever) The output from that file is *dumped to "lpr".* "lpr" then calls a *couple of programs* to work out just what you have sent it (text, PostScipt, HTML, etc). Once the *type is determined*, and formatted accordingly, (by the other process), the job is then handed back to "lpr" with the condition that says "we have formatted this data-dump in accordance with the *printer-type* we have been informed you are using." At this point "lpr" then sends the (formatted) job to the printer *it has been told to expect* at the location the *printer should be at*. Look at the *..* bits. These are the areas where something actually happens. These are (conversely) the areas that things can go wrong in. Although I haven't been able to directly answer your question, I may have at least helped you to narrow down the cause of it. Hope this Helps

Searching the HP website is a waste of time.

Keith Gibbons.

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Not necessarioly SuSE related, but a common problem I guess:

I've browsed the woeful HP documentation on the JetDirect stuff and can't find any details on how to print to ports other than the default on a multi-port JetDirect print server.

My guess was different printer names; but what are the names?

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