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Hello,

I want to install an Hp Laserjet 2015dn on SCO OpenServeur5 without CUPS.

This printer doesn't have an PrinterServer inside.

The configuration work fine, but i can't print anything.

I heart solution with netcat but i can't find any docs...

How should i configure netcat and my printer ?

Thanks

Tankd

Set the printer up using tcp.
Add a remote printer through SCOADMIN
Now you have two choices, either screen every file before it is printed to either ensure that it has CRLF line termination or add <esc>&k2G to the beginning of the file.
You will have to add any other PCL commands to the file as well.
Another way to avoid trapping and modifying the print file, is to also create a local printer with /dev/null and dumb for the printer model, then change the loop that actually send the file to the printer from 'cat ${file}......'
to
(
cat escape.seq.file;
cat $file;
cat reset.seq;
)\
|lp -d remote-printer-name

Then either create a different local printer for each escape sequence,
or add a -o escape.seq to the lp command

I can't find where i should add

cat escape.seq.file;
cat $file;
cat reset.seq;
)\
|lp -d remote-printer-name

Tankd

Hi tankd,

I think the better solution is to install an HP 4250 n.

In fact, the print server is different in a 2015 dn and in a 4250 n.

good luck

Franz