Re: CUPS- HP JetDirect 170x
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 06:56:12PM -0400, disciple@exis.net wrote:
> 1. Click on add printer and put in Name, Location, Description
Fine.
> 2. It then asks for "Device". I choose AppSocket/HP Jetdirect
> Is this correct?
If you intend to talk to it via the JetDirect, it is.
> 3. It then asks for "Device URI". I have no clue as to what to put in
> here. We use IP based printing for our XP machines. The JetDirect box
> has an IP address of 192.168.0.50. XP machines print to it just fine.
> The box shows the word "socket". It also lists these examples:
socket://192.168.0.50:9100
Same as your XP machines. Unless you're talking to it from XP as an LPD
device (ugh).
> 4. I then asks for Model/Driver. I choose HP for Make. I'm then given 3
> choices for Model:
It's a Postscript printer. You want to talk to it as a Postscript printer.
Talking to it as a Postscript printer would be a very good idea.
Did I mention that you should talk to this printer in Postscript? :)
> HP DeskJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)
> HP LaserJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)
> HP New DeskJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)
None of these. Use the PPD file on the CD that came with the printer (as
per linuxprinting.org). See:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1300
for the details. Put the PPD exactly where it tells you to, then do:
# /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
*then* add the printer using that PPD.
In general, if you have the option of talking to a printer *natively* in
Postscript, always do so. Most *nix applications output Postscript in any
case, and introducing another translation step is silly.
Exception: you'll need a decent amount of RAM in the printer. The 1300
starts life with 16 mb, which is enough to get started.
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