You definitely don't want Appsocket. I never use it on any HP printers, only on Tektronix machines (which have appsocket as part of the model). Here is my printcap -- maybe it will help? <shrug>
laser2 :ae=|/opt/LPRng/libexec/filters/accounting-umdnj.pl end :af=/var/spool/lpd/%P/acct :as=|/opt/LPRng/libexec/filters/accounting-umdnj.pl start :cm=Newark Lab - C632 - HP LaserJet 8150N :filter=/opt/LPRng/libexec/filters/ifhp :force_localhost :ifhp=model=hp8100,dev=130.219.34.10%9100 :lp=/dev/null :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P :server :ss=ljnlab Maybe you need force_localhost? Or is that the default... hmm. As for why I don't use the DNS name, it was just to avoid the lookup -- we thought it might be slowing things down... no word either way, but... <shrug> ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 On Thu, 29 May 2003, Tim Strobell wrote: > |> :ifhp=dev=lwtest.printers.math.umd.edu%9100,model=hp8100,appsocket > |>Why do you have appsocket enabled here? > I removed appsocket, but it appears that the printer's not talking back to > ifhp. (ifhp complains "printer not detected" and suggests I use [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > I suspect removing appsocket no longer makes the connection be bidirectional? > > Everything was working fine before I started monkeying with accounting, so I'm > assuming the printcap is otherwise okay. > > Tim > > -- > Tim Strobell, Assistant Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland Tel (301)405-8175 > Mail: 1301 Math Bldg, College Park, MD 20742-4015 Fax (301)314-0827 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, > to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with: | example: > subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] > unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
