Synopsis:
Solaris 10 SunFire v880 with two networked HP laser printers set up through HPPI. Test page will print through HPPI but can't print to them us the lp command. When using the lp command it just hangs and causes the Samba process to fail.
We have a SunFire v880 running Solaris 10.
I have added the two printers to the /etc/hosts file.
I can ping both printers
HPPI is installed and running on this machine. These two printers have been set up using HPPI.
The HPPI version is ...
The first printer was set up as follows...
The diagnostics check shows that the printer is visible ...
I can also successfully print a test page through HPPI ...
I can see the printer on Unix ..
But if I try to print to it using a basic lp command it just hangs. It also causes Samba to fail. To get Samba back working again I have to delete the entries out of /etc/printers.conf
I've been wrestling with this for a while now. Any ideas would be of great benefit.
Ken.
*** Update ***
I also tried adding the printer using the lpadmin command as follows..
Got no errors ...
But a simple print command hangs
This also causes the Samba service to fail. This is due to the Samba service invoking a /usr/bin/lpstat -v
The problem is obviously related to the printer setup but I am at a loss as to what or why.
In order to get Samab to work again I've been removing the entries from /etc/printers.conf and restarting Samba
What am I doing wrong here. Surely adding a network printer to Solaris 10 souldn't be this difficult??
I knew I should have been a plumber!
Ken.
** Update **
Seriosuly I'm going demented here.
I tried adding the printer using the printmgr this time.
I then enabled the services as follows
I then ran an lpstat -t command which was very slow but did eventually come back ....
I then issued a simple print command which was very slow but eventually cam back with an error?
Any ideas or should I just pick the machine up and fire it out the window?
Ken.
---------- Post updated 05-27-10 at 09:10 AM ---------- Previous update was 05-26-10 at 10:49 AM ----------
I've been doing some more digging and I've found these errors in the /var/lp/logs/lpsched file.
The scheduler is running ...
The lpstat is showing the print types as unknown but in printmgr it is clearly set up as HP.
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