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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers TCP(?) Printing from Unix Post 302212814 by Bortiquai on Tuesday 8th of July 2008 11:52:49 AM
Old 07-08-2008
TCP(?) Printing from Unix
I am trying to set up a unix server to print to a printer in another city. I've got a "Unix" guy helping me set up the printer on the unix box, but we are having trouble.

The printer is located on an HP JetDirect 170x print server on a private network. On the router at that location, I have forwarded both TCP Ports 9100 and 515 to that print server. I know this is working because:
a) if i telnet from a host outside to the Public IP of this location over either TCP Ports 9100 or 515, it connects
b) I have installed this printer on a Windows box sitting right next to the Unix box and am able to print with no problems.

Unfortunately, I don't know Unix well. The Unix guy says the printer is set up correctly, but I don't have much confidence. When I asked him what protocol the Unix server uses to print, he said "I think Xon/Xoff".

So, are there any ports besides TCP 9100 and 515 that need to be forwarded to the Print server at the printers location?

Is there additional configuration on the Unix location/server that needs to be made in order for this to work?

Thanks in advanced
MATT
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

enable

enable(1)							   User Commands							 enable(1)

NAME

       enable, disable - enable/disable LP printers

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/enable printer...

       /usr/bin/disable [-c | -W]  [ -r [reason]] printer...

DESCRIPTION

       The  enable  command  activates	printers,  enabling  them to print requests submitted by the lp command. enable must be run on the printer
       server.

       The disable command deactivates printers, disabling them from printing requests submitted by the lp command. By default, any requests  that
       are  currently  printing  on printer will be reprinted in their entirety either on printer or another member of the same class of printers.
       The disable command must be run on the print server.

       Use lpstat -p to check the status of printers.

       enable and disable only effect queueing on the print server's spooling system. Executing these commands from a client system will  have	no
       effect on the server.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported for use with disable:

       -c	       Cancels	any requests that are currently printing on printer. This option cannot be used with the -W option. If the printer
		       is remote, the -c option will be silently ignored.

       -W	       Waits until the request currently being printed is finished before disabling printer. This option cannot be used  with  the
		       -c option. If the printer is remote, the -W option will be silently ignored.

       -r [reason]     Assigns	a  reason  for	the  disabling	of  the  printer(s). This reason applies to all printers specified. This reason is
		       reported by lpstat -p. Enclose reason in quotes if it contains blanks. The default  reason  is  "unknown  reason"  for  the
		       existing printer, and "new printer" for a printer added to the system but not yet enabled.

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported for both enable and disable:

       printer	       The  name of the printer to be enabled or disabled. Specify printer using atomic name. See printers.conf(4) for information
		       regarding the naming conventions for atomic names.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	       Successful completion.

       non-zero        An error occurred.

FILES

       /var/spool/lp/*	       LP print queue.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWpcu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       lp(1), lpstat(1), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 1996								 enable(1)
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