On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 19:19 -0700, Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 19:38 -0400, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 19:29 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Sunday 03 July 2005 05:35 pm, Art Fore wrote:
Printer type: Network Printer URI: socket:192.168.0.31:9100
That would be correct for a HP JetDirect. You might try deleting the printer and add it using the Printing Manager, it has always served me well. Also double check the driver and try a different one as a test.
I am using a netgear print server that goes on the parallel port of a printer with the ethernet cable plugged into network switch.
Art
Aha!! The netgear print server that I have here doing the same thing (to a parallel printer) uses ports of 4010 and 4020 for the two parallel ports that it has.
I would guess your port is not specified correctly.
Yep. He was trying to use port 9100 which is what HP uses for the JetDirect. No wonder it does not work.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
There has been no change on this print server for two years and was was working with suse 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, & 9.2 always setting it up with yast other than changing the printer from laserjet III to laserjet 2300 about a year ago (suse 9.2) when the laserjet III finally died. So, how do I get it to not think it is the parallel port? Just change printer drivers until I find one that work?
Art
Just tried the hp2200 driver which is the one I was using in Suse 9.2. Same Identical results. What was the big change from 9.2 to 9.3 in this area? Art