[K12OSN] Very frustrating!

Dean Mumby dean at mumby.co.za
Fri Jan 30 14:23:21 UTC 2009



Rob Owens wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 01:22:23AM -0500, Joseph Bishay wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> So I have a feeling that there's some sort of evil force trying to
>> prevent me from getting this lab off the ground.
>>
>> My latest trouble has to do with trying to get a printer working.  I
>> had it working once when I was using K12LTSP 5 (based on FC with LTSP
>> 4.2) but now that I've upgraded to EL5 nothing is really working.
>> Here's the skinny:
>>
>> 1) Printer is USB HP Laserjet 1000
>>
>> 2) Printer works no problem when directly plugged into the server.
>> This isn't feasible because the server is not in the computer lab
>>
>> 3) The printer cannot be plugged into a thin client because it does
>> not work with JetDirect (as per this site
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqLiteDocument?lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&
>> docname=bpj06101).  My printer shows up under "Exceptions and
>> unsupported printers", of course.
>>
>>     
> This applies to Windows only.  This is a "host-based" printer, as HP calls it.  That means (under Windows), it must be attached directly to a computer.  It doesn't support jetdirect natively.  When it gets hooked to an LTSP thin client, it should work though.  I've done it with an HP 1020.
>
> Double-check all your steps.  
>
> 1)  Is the thin client listed in lts.conf, and are you specifying in that file that it has a usb printer attached?
>
> 2)  Does the thin client have a static IP address?
>
> 3)  Have you rebooted the thin client after making the above changes/settings?
>
> 4)  Have you configured a jetdirect printer in cups which points to the IP address or hostname of the correct thin client?  Did you specify HP Laserjet 1000 as the printer?
>
> There are probably some things I'm missing here.  Everybody, feel free to add to my list.
>
> -Rob
>
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The problem I think is that its not really a printer until the computer 
uploads the firmware and tells it that it is a printer , this is why it 
needs to be connected to a pc with the drivers.

Have you tried setting it up as a tcp/ip printer from a windows machine 
? it might upload the firmware that way  ???

Dean




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