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The Question is:
Have checked faq and searched dec web servers for this
question. Would read the manual if I had one! Have also
posted in UCX usenet group with no response.
Q1: Part number for "Management" book in UCX doc set.
Running UCX V3.2 due to application requirement.
Q2: Can't use LPD for network HP printer access due to
lack of IT support for LPR. Had found some info last
week on using telnet symbiont; need more info.
$ INIT/QUE blahblah /ON="ip_address:portnumber"
How do I determine the port number for an HP4si
printer (w/ Jetdirect card)?
Please don't refer me to the CSC, as this customer I support
does not have access.
Any information would be most appreciated.
Regards,
Nancy Garrison
The Answer is :
Information on documentation order numbers is typically included
in the associated software product description (SPD).
http://www.digital.com/info/SP4646/
From the SPD: "Media and documentation for the DIGITAL TCP/IP Services
for OpenVMS product are available on the DIGITAL CD-ROM Software Library
for OpenVMS (QA-03XAA-H8). You can order printed documentation separately."
The part numbers are QA-0LXAA-GZ for DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Alpha, and QA-VHRAA-GZ for DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS VAX.
The Wizard is not familiar with HP printers and would typically recommend
asking HP for assistance on HP devices. The usual port used by HP is up
in the 9000 range, various HP printers have traditionally used 9100. You
can confirm this with HP, or with the command "$ telnet printername 9100"
-- issue the command to connect to the printer, type some text, and enter
a <CTRL/L> or <CTRL/D> to flush the buffer -- and if the printer accepts
this and prints something, then you know that is the right port. 9100 is
typically a raw TCP port. Further, 9100 may not be the port used on this
specific JetDirect NIC. (And note that port 23 is sometimes used to set
up a printer.)
DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS V3.3 and later have enhancements (and
ECOs) specifically for telnet print symbiont. An upgrade to UCX V4.1 or
V4.2, with the associated ECO kit, is strongly encouraged.
The typical command to create and start the queue can look like this:
$ init/queue/start queue_name -
/on="UCX$QUEUE:<insert_port_here>" -
/process=ucx$telnetsym
Related logical names -- covered in the UCX documentation in detail -- can
include UCX$TELNETSYP_IDLE_TIMEOUT, UCX$TELNETSYM_RAW_TCP, and
UCX$TELNETSYM_SUPPRESS_FORMFEEDS.
With Postscript printers, the usual approach is to use DCPS, which has raw
TCP/IP support in V1.4 and later -- the telnet symbiont also uses the raw
TCP/IP support. (Postscript printers use bidirectional communications,
and the DPCS-OPEN PAK includes support for a variety of third-party
Postscript printers.)
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