Configuring Hewlett-Packard network printers

Configuring Hewlett-Packard network printers

UnixWare provides support for Hewlett-Packard^® Ethernet printers, which connect directly to the network using a built-in network card. The network interface on such printers is that commonly known as JetDirect^®.

The following tasks are involved in the setup of HPNP services:

set up a BOOTP server, the host that performs the HPNP configuration
configure the HPNP print services for each host that will use the printer

HPNP support is configured using an installation script and the following utilities:

hpnpcfg(1M) - menu-driven HP network printer configuration utility
hpnpf(1M) - network peripheral filter
hpnptyd(1M) - network printer pseudo-tty daemon

The following topics describe these tasks and utilities in detail.

NOTE: Configuration of Hewlett-Packard Ethernet printers is not supported from within the graphical interface-based managers supplied with UnixWare.