Thank you very much I did not get the idea that I can use the driver without 
hplip.
I configured it using jetdirect and defining socket://192.168.1.254:9100 in 
cups and selected the appropriate driver for the printer and I can print.

Thanks,
Thomas

On Friday 30 June 2006 23:40, Suffield, David wrote:
> The point is you need SNMP for more than printer discovery. HPLIP needs
> SNMP for bi-di communication. No bi-di means no hp-toolbox or print job
> status.
>
> Here is a SNMP test. This command should display the deviceID for your
> printer.
>
> snmpwalk -Os -c public -v 1 192.168.1.254 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.3.9.1.1.7.0
>
> If your jetdirect device does not support SNMP you can try using the
> CUPS jetdirect backend instead of the HPLIP backend. The CUPS jetdirect
> backend with the HPIJS driver is uni-di.
>
> -dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> > Of Thomas Mader
> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:53 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Hplip-help] Cannot print to JetDirect Print
> > Server via hplip
> >
> >
> > No does not give me a valid URI.
> >
> > The question now is how to make it work. It doesn't need to
> > detect the device
> > I can config it manually too if that is somehow possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Thomas
> >
> > On Friday 30 June 2006 21:22, Suffield, David wrote:
> > > Does "hp-makeuri 192.168.1.254" give you a valid URI? If
> >
> > this command
> >
> > > fails HPLIP will not recognize your configuration.
> > >
> > > If your jetdirect device does not also support UDP port 161 (SNMP)
> > > then this would be a problem for HPLIP.
> > >
> > > -dave
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> > > > Thomas Mader
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:16 AM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: [Hplip-help] Cannot print to JetDirect Print
> >
> > Server via
> >
> > > > hplip
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > No you are right.
> > > > But I can not see why it should not work. The only reason
> >
> > I see why
> >
> > > > it doesn't work is because I have to use hplip. Formerly I had an
> > > > Epson printer running
> > > > which worked from Windows and Linux and was connected to
> > > > exactly the same
> > > > Router/Print-Server.
> > > > I made it work with enabling Socket/JetDirect in the CUPS
> >
> > config and
> >
> > > > afterwards the apropriate driver. For this driver I didn't
> > > > need a running
> > > > daemon or such. So for printing the stuff was translated on
> > > > my system and
> > > > redirected to the router as far as I understood it.
> > > > I'm not sure what hplip does.
> > > >
> > > > I got an ouptut with my HP printer but only trash. If I remember
> > > > correct I didn't use the HPLIP driver. I just send it Raw.
> > > >
> > > > On Friday 30 June 2006 20:03, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > maybe a missunderstanding on my side, but this is what I
> > > > > understood from Thomas' initial mail:
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a printerport on the router that has an
> > > >
> > > > openport:9100. This
> > > >
> > > > > does not mean that the router is a jetdirect product from HP.
> > > > >
> > > > >  If so this also could be a problem. My experience with
> >
> > routers is
> >
> > > > > that they in fact have prot 9100 open, but this does
> >
> > not mean it
> >
> > > > > works, except from windows with a proprietary driver that
> > > >
> > > > is installed
> > > >
> > > > > from the router CD rom and adds the router portdrivers
> >
> > to windows.
> >
> > > > > For example I tried three different routers with
> > > >
> > > > printerport, anything
> > > >
> > > > > to no avail. Even just now I am operating a linksys psus4
> > > > > switch/printserver which also displays an open 9100 port
> > > >
> > > > but does not
> > > >
> > > > > work with Linux. So I had to share the printer in win XP and
> > > > > access the XP share from Linux.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry for the confusion that this causes, if I was
> >
> > wrong. In this
> >
> > > > > case, please accept my apologies
> > > > >
> > > > > regard
> > > > > Eberhard
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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