From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <88ac8e5e3e0448f95dc3afa92241c7ca@quanstro.net> From: erik quanstrom Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:41:12 -0500 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] HP Laserjet over JetDirect In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1d3870fe-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I'm trying to print to a Laserjet 4700dtn from Plan 9. > I can print to it from Linux using CUPS connecting to > socket://:9100 > Does anyone have one of these or something similar? > My line in /sys/lib/lp/devices looks like this: > hpson2 - plan9 tcp!hpson!9100 81920 post+600dpi generic generic generic generic tcppost FIFO > > where plan9 is the cpu server and hpson is the printer. There > are probably problems with this, so if you have suggestions > please let me know. that looks correct to me. this is what we use for a 4400dtn (i think) printer whatever minooka.coraid.com tcp!pr2!9100 81920 post2+600dpi+duplex generic generic generic generic tcppost FIFO although it's really odd that we are using minooka.coraid.com and not minooka as the printer host. we have a similar hp printer that does not work with tcppost. i think the answer is that tcppost needs a rewrite, but that fell off my radar screen. i believe the problem is that that silly baud rate (last i checked, tcp has flow control). it's so slow that i was wondering if printers weren't getting bored and hanging up. - erik