Re: [hpoj-devel] Officejet G95 via Jetdirect questions

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Michael Dikkema wrote:
> Hi, I installed the hpoj software from CVS yesterday, and I haven't been
> able to get anything working. The documentation mentions nearly nothing
> about jetdirect. I can't figure out if I need ptal-mcld or just
> ptal-printd or neither, considering the rm= line in printcap allows me to
> print blank pages at least.
Hi, Michael.  I'll try to make all this clearer when I reorganize the
documentation in the near future.  The PRINT-HOWTO does mention JetDirect,
including the "rm=" and "rp=" fields when you're not using RedHat printtool.
You don't need either ptal-mlcd or ptal-printd.

> I've also installed ghostscript with hpijs, but I can't figure out how
> that fits in either. I'm not running redhat, nor do I have printtool. I
> basically need the lines in printcap that are relevant to getting gs
> working.
At the moment, I'm not really sure how to do this without RedHat printtool,
but you can probably gleam the necessary information out of the Linux
Printing HOWTO (http://www.linuxprinting.org) and the hpijs documentation.
Try searching around in the hpinkjet help forum and posting a help request
if you don't find what you're looking for.  I do know that for the OfficeJet
G series you use the DJ9xx (not DJ9xxVIP) driver.  Alternatively, you could
start with the standard ghostscript cdj550 (DeskJet 550) driver, which you
should be able to accomplish just from reading the Linux Printing HOWTO and
using "rm=" and "rp=".  Once you get that working, then you can move up to
DJ9xx.

David