Solaris 10 (SPARC) to Postscript USB printer ???
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From: John D Groenveld on 14 Sep 2009 18:43 In article <4aaec07b(a)212.67.96.135>, Dave <foo(a)coo.com> wrote: >I'm not sure how to get double-sided I must admit. The printer has a >duplexer, and some software downloaded from the HP site allows that to # lpadmin -p hp-1200 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble John groenveld(a)acm.org
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 14 Sep 2009 19:38 Dave wrote: > Martha Starkey wrote: >> Dave wrote: > >>> Thank you. I was not aware there was support for USB printers in >>> Solaris 10. I just hooked it up and managed to get it to print a >>> simple text file. The filename /dev/printer0 seemed like a good guess >>> for what port the printer was on. I expected to be able to do this in >>> OpenSolaris, but not on Solaris 10. >>> >> >> In my recollection, USB printer support came along in the latter days >> of Solaris 8, but now that I look at the documentation, it's first >> mentioned in the Solaris 9 docs. > > I'm not sure how to get double-sided I must admit. The printer has a > duplexer, and some software downloaded from the HP site allows that to > work on Solaris via ethernet. I'll have to check if that supports USB. > Double-sided, or duplex, printing is invoked by sending some escape sequences to the printer. Not all HP printers are capable of duplex printing. A book titled "HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Manual" HP P/N 33459-90903 should tell you more than you ever wanted to know. It may be out of print. H-P might be up to PCL 6 or PCL 7 by now. My copy will be pried from my cold dead hands. . . .
From: Stefaan A Eeckels on 15 Sep 2009 01:43 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:15:22 +0100 Dave <foo(a)coo.com> wrote: > Martha Starkey wrote: > > Dave wrote: > > >> Thank you. I was not aware there was support for USB printers in > >> Solaris 10. I just hooked it up and managed to get it to print a > >> simple text file. The filename /dev/printer0 seemed like a good > >> guess for what port the printer was on. I expected to be able to > >> do this in OpenSolaris, but not on Solaris 10. > >> > > > > In my recollection, USB printer support came along in the latter > > days of Solaris 8, but now that I look at the documentation, it's > > first mentioned in the Solaris 9 docs. > > I'm not sure how to get double-sided I must admit. The printer has a > duplexer, and some software downloaded from the HP site allows that > to work on Solaris via ethernet. I'll have to check if that supports > USB. Install CUPS, you'll get full support for the printer's features. -- Stefaan A Eeckels -- Life itself is a misery and nobody can tell what can be of it. Those that can tell what can be of it are those who cannot tell us because they are far from us (dead). -- Very profound scam
From: Dave on 15 Sep 2009 09:10
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Dave wrote: >> Martha Starkey wrote: >>> Dave wrote: >> >>>> Thank you. I was not aware there was support for USB printers in >>>> Solaris 10. I just hooked it up and managed to get it to print a >>>> simple text file. The filename /dev/printer0 seemed like a good >>>> guess for what port the printer was on. I expected to be able to do >>>> this in OpenSolaris, but not on Solaris 10. >>>> >>> >>> In my recollection, USB printer support came along in the latter days >>> of Solaris 8, but now that I look at the documentation, it's first >>> mentioned in the Solaris 9 docs. >> >> I'm not sure how to get double-sided I must admit. The printer has a >> duplexer, and some software downloaded from the HP site allows that to >> work on Solaris via ethernet. I'll have to check if that supports USB. >> > > Double-sided, or duplex, printing is invoked by sending some escape > sequences to the printer. Not all HP printers are capable of duplex > printing. > > A book titled "HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Manual" HP P/N > 33459-90903 should tell you more than you ever wanted to know. It may > be out of print. H-P might be up to PCL 6 or PCL 7 by now. > > My copy will be pried from my cold dead hands. . . . > The printer can certainly do duplexing. It was until about 6 weeks ago, when the ethernet connector on it got fried. It still does from a USB cable if I print from my laptop. But I'd like to try to get it to do duplex via USB from the Sun. I'll try the other suggestions - CUPS and the lpadmin command. -- I respectfully request that this message is not archived by companies as unscrupulous as 'Experts Exchange' . In case you are unaware, 'Experts Exchange' take questions posted on the web and try to find idiots stupid enough to pay for the answers, which were posted freely by others. They are leeches. |