setting up HP 4050 with network adapter

[Wade Smart]

Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
>>
>> 20090211 1333 GMT-5
>>
>> I was on the phone earlier and I was playing around with the menu on the
>> printer. I found out how to set a IP address. I set the address to
>> 192.168.1.80 and then went to that ip in my browser and - it connected!
>>
>>
>> I used:
>> ipp://192.168.1.80:9100/printers/PAL5U006
>>
>> and though it takes a while to get printing - it finally did it!!
>>
>> Well, I thought it did.
>>
>> This is what it prints instead of what I want to print:
>>
>> POST /printers/PAL5U006 HTTP/1.1
>> Content-Length: 303
>> Content-Type: application/ipp
>> Host: 192.168.1.80
>> User-Agnet: CUPS/1.3.7
>> Expect: 100-continue
>>
>> And the next line it prints is two lines on top of another maybe three
>> times. The document I was test printing is still in the queue  for 6min
>> and is still pending.
>>
>> The printer keeps spooling up and printing the same page again and again.
> 
> You can ignore that message in syslog.  Sounds like a protocol (or
> driver) problem to me.
> 
> Make sure you can telnet to the printer:
> telnet <printer_ip> 9100
> 
> If that works, try something like (a bit rusty here):
> cat /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | nc <printer_ip> 9100
> 
> If you get an error about "no command nc", install netcat via apt or synpatic.
> 
> If that works (or if it doesn't - I'm not 100% sure that will work
> anyway;), it's time to move on to CUPS configuration - I'd delete the
> current printer and run through it again.  Are you using the web
> interface (http://localhost:631) or the Sys->Admin->Printing to set it
> up?  Either way, select HP JetDirect.
> 
> Chris
> 

20090212 1845 GMT-5

wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ telnet 192.168.1.80
Trying 192.168.1.80...
Connected to 192.168.1.80.
Escape character is '^]'.

HP JetDirect

Please type "?" for HELP, or "/" for current settings
 > /

    ===JetDirect Telnet Configuration===
	Firmware Rev.	: G.08.49
	MAC Address	: 08:00:09:6e:f7:6b
	Config By	: USER SPECIFIED

	IP Address	: 192.168.1.80
	Subnet Mask	: 255.255.255.0
	Default Gateway	: 192.168.1.1
	Syslog Server	: 192.168.1.82
	Idle Timeout	: 90 Seconds
	Set Cmnty Name	: Not Specified
	Host Name	: PAL5U006
	Default Get Cmnty : Enabled

	DHCP Config	: Disabled
	Passwd		: Disabled
    	IPX/SPX      	: Enabled
    	DLC/LLC     	: Disabled
    	Ethertalk     	: Disabled
	Banner page	: Enabled
 >

Yes, I can connect.

Wade

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