setting up HP 4050 with network adapter

[Chris Mohler]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> Chris Mohler wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
> 20090212 2044 GMT-5
>
> wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ cat /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | nc
> 192.168.1.80 9100
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
>
> Device URI: ipp://192.168.1.80:9100/printers/PAL5U006

When I make a new printer with "AppSocket/HP JetDirect" as the
backend, the URI begins with "socket://".  Are you sure you're
selecting JetDirect when setting up the printer?

In other words, I don't think the URI should start with "ipp://" -
that's likely why it keeps spitting out those pages...

Chris