setting up HP 4050 with network adapter

[Chris Mohler]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> Chris Mohler wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Good.  How about the CUPS config and/or netcat?  I only mention the
>> netcat test because I had to do some esoteric stuff in the past with
>> LaserJet 4MV (that was on a localtalk/ethernet bridge) and I needed to
>> bypass CUPS to make sure the printer was available and accepting
>> postscript (before I went nutty trying to mess w/the pap backend)...
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
> 20090212 1906 GMT-5
>
> Ah, sorry about that... forgot to paste that:
>
> wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ cat /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | nc
> <printer_ip> 9100
> bash: printer_ip: No such file or directory

Sorry - I wanted you to put the printer's IP there, like:
cat /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | nc 192.168.1.80 9100

I should not have been so lazy ;)

> When I installed the printer this time I did start from scratch.
> The driver is:
> HP LaserJet 4000 Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.2.10 - HPLIP 2.8.2

Driver seems OK - how about a test page?  What about the cups URI
(sys->admin->printing, then right-click the printer, select
properties).

Chris