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From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us>
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Subject: Re: HP JetDirect 500X printserver
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 21:22:38 -0700
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 11:45:18 -0500, "David H. Funte" <none> wrote:

>Reason #1: the hpnpcfg doesn't directly support the 2nd and 3rd ports.  I
>wanted a print server that I could install easily without @!#%ing with
>interface scripts all day.

It takes less than one day and a minimum of @!#%ing around to tweak
the interface scripts.  Actually, there's only one number that needs
to change in the scripts.  See:
 How do I configure the HP JetDirect EX Plus3 Print
 Server to use HPNP?
        http://aplawrence.com/cgi-bin/ta.pl?105327

>Reaon #2: This print server has a ReAlY WeiRd quirk.  Ports 2 and 3 are not
>available unless port 1 is plugged into a live printer.   Port #3 only works
>if ports 1 and 2 are pluged into live printers.

Not quite.  Ports 2 and 3 only work if the printer on Port 1 is
on-line and powered on.  It's not the print server, it's SCO/HP HPNP.
HPNP uses SNMP to get the status of the print server.  HPNP only
checks port #1.  The easiest fix is to rename /bin/getone to something
else.  getone is the SNMP query command.  If HPNP can't find it, it
assumes that the print server is always ready.

>The 500x: A good idea, a bad design...

HP 500x.  Good print server.  HPNP sucks.

>BTW: The 170x is not supported under SCO by HP.  Only the 300x is listed as
>SCO compatible by HP.   WHY? I don't know.  Both work fine, and the setup is
>identical.

No clue.  Any print server that supports printing on ports 9100, 9101,
and 9102 should work with HPNP.

>        I have gotten HP support on the 170x - but the tech warned me that
>the 170x wasn't supported for SCO.

It should work.  The 170x does LPR/LPD and port 9100 printing.

See:
        http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl/sco/lp/
        http://www.tkrh.demon.co.uk/netcat.html
for how to use "netcat" for network printing, which methinks is the
right way.  Unfortunately, one must play with interface scripts and
config files (but not all day).  If it were easy, it would be no fun.

-- 
Jeff Liebermann   jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
150 Felker St #D  Santa Cruz CA  95060
831-421-6491 pager   831-429-1240 fax
http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl/sco/   SCO stuff

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