Telnet Print Protocol

We are using telnet program to access a site where we grab some reports. In tiger, the telnet session was able to print the reports to our local printer. However, after the upgrade to Leopard, we cannot do that anymore.
The documentation for the telneted site states that the telnet program should support Telnet Print Protocol. Did anyone encounter this issue before and was able to solve it?

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How do I find out the printing protocol used for a printer?

In System Preferences > Print & Scan, double-click a printer and click on the Printer Setup button.
Under the General tab, in Snow Leopard it used to list the printing protocol / url used to connect to a printer. In Lion it doesn't show that information anymore. Is there a way to still find out what protocol the print queue is trying to print via?
Thanks…

Use the web interface to the printing system. Go to http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/ and click on your printer. The protocol will be part of the Connection information.

Send to Printer operation and Printer Protocol

Hello all,
I designed a process where it is needed to send a PDF file to 2 different printers (not at the same time). So to simplify the process I defined a XML within the server ( C:\config.xml ) with the information necessary to send the job to the printer, and contains the information that the operation sendToPrinter needs:
- Printer Protocol
- Server URI
- Printer Name.
So instead of placing the values for this operation, I read the values from the XML file. The problem is, the sendToPrinter operation expects the Printer Protocol as a specific type: PrinterProtocol (obvious heheh). And my variable is String.
How can I convert this?
Thanks!

Hi Pal,
Yeah, we're always replying to ourselves when the problem is a little bit off the main road, aren't we?
Are you back to Brazil already?
Marcos

Best printing protocol for hp Laserjet printer?

I have a small office network of 12 computers running 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 and 2 hp Laserjet printers. I have historically used Bonjour to set-up the printers, but have found that periodically the users cannot print because the printer cannot be found. This seems to happen randomly or if the ethernet is ever unplugged/plugged into the printer. I have to delete the printer and re-add it to return to normal functionality. Obviously a pain for multiple computers. I've recently explored the use of the IP printing to these same printers using "IPP', "LPD", and "HP Jetdirect Socket" and the printers IP address on the network. This set-up seems to be more resilient to changes, however, I do not know enough about the different protocols to make an educated decision on which is the best for this environment. I have found that I can print remotely when connected to the VPN through these protocols.
Can someone please advise which protocol would be best suited (and why)?
Thanks

Thanks.
Out of curiosity...why LDP over IPP? What is the difference? I've tried both, and can't tell a difference. Not sure if one is a newer protocol?

How to communicate USB printer to print in LPR protocol from on Windows 7

I am trying to get my colour laser printer HP CP1215 to work as a network printer for PC's running Windows 7. At the moment, the printer is connected to the USB port of my Airport Extreme (802.11n) Base Station. It worked perfectly on PC's running Windows XP, but when I tried print stuff from Windows 7 ... Problem starts.
First, the printer didn't know when to stop, so it just keeps on printing until I manually stop the job. I have searched in the internet and saw some people fixing this problem by changing the print protocol setting from RAW to LPR. However, it didn't work for me.
I changed to the setting to LPR and when I tried to print a small document, the print job spools but doesn't start. It seems the USB printer is not communicating. I tried telnet. Port 9100 seems working fine. But port 515 (which is the port for LPD) didn't respond. It seems Airport Extreme has disabled port 515.
Does any know how fix this?

Hello,
maybe this will work even from a distance. You should have a look at Adobe's database, to see what's stored/saved about your accounts.
Here you will find general infos about your Adobe Account >>> https://www.adobe.com/account.html
and there you will find your serial number >>> http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/find-serial-number.html
Please give it a try, good luck!
Hans-Günter

How do I change a printer's IP address, !again! :(

O Great, Knowledgeable and Kind printer gurus,
I'm in a similar situation to Peter Minter's old archived thread at
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2188292?
... So I'm sorry to be the next confused person Sorry to be asking ask a question that has probably already been answered multiple times, in which case blush, and a pointer to the answer would be great.
I have a Linksys Ethernet switch into which I've plugged
1. RJ45 carrying signal to/from an Apple Airport Router's Ethernet LAN output plug (Router gets its input from my Cable Modem)
2. RJ45 carrying signal to/from Mac Mini
3. RJ45 carrying signal to/from Mac Al-PowerBook G4
4. RJ45 carrying signal to/from HP LaserJet 5M
1, 2, and 3 are networking just fine to one another and out to the Internet, and have been fine for months.
It's the LaserJet 5M that I've just gotten that I can't figure out how to configure so's I can print to it.
Via its test page output, the printer reports its current IP addr to be 0.0.0.0 , subnet mask NOT SPECIFIED, def gateway 0.0.0.0 , config by RARP/BOOTP
Via its network status panel, the mini reports:
IP: 10.0.1.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 10.0.1.1
Via its network status panel, the PowerBook G4 reports:
IP: 10.0.1.4
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 10.0.1.1
In slot 4 of the Linksys switch, I used to have an HP Print Server that made a network printer out of an old HP LaserWriter 4ML's parallel port. Damned if I remember how I changed the HP Print Server's IP addr., but I did somehow!
The newer HP LaserJet 5M has an RJ45 input so it's networkable directly, but I think I need to be able to reach into it (I think via Telnet from TERMINAL running in either of the two Macs) and change its IP addr to something in the local subnet. Maybe it "should" be 10.0.1.3.
However, try as I might, I cannot open a TELNET connection to 0.0.0.0 or any machine:
==============
DrDans-AL-PbG4:~ DrDan$ date
Sat Jul 29 09:52:43 EDT 2006
DrDans-AL-PbG4:~ DrDan$ telnet
telnet> open 0.0.0.0
Trying 0.0.0.0...
telnet: connect to address 0.0.0.0: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
telnet> open 10.0.1.2
Trying 10.0.1.2...
telnet: connect to address 10.0.1.2: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
telnet> open 10.0.1.1
Trying 10.0.1.1...
telnet: connect to address 10.0.1.1: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
telnet> quit
DrDans-AL-PbG4:~ DrDan$ date
Sat Jul 29 09:53:34 EDT 2006
DrDans-AL-PbG4:~ DrDan$
==============
So, from the AL-PbG4 (10.0.1.4) I can't OPEN connections to all the IP addresses I "should" be able to see. Hmm. I must be doing something wrong.
Even if I could contact the HP printer, how would I change its IP addr, and what should I change it to? 10.0.1.3 or maybe 10.0.1.200 ?
MacOSX 10.4.7, Printer Setup Utility Version 4.6(161.9)
Given that the HP printer's directly on the LAN thru the switch -- should I use "HP Jet Direct - Socket" protocol, or Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) or Line Printer Daemon (LPD) protocol? Simply baldly getting in there and assigning the addresses 10.0.1.3 or 10.0.1.200 on HP Jet Direct - Socket" protocol doesn't seem to produce a working queue. I also select Print Using HP LaserJet 5M. No soap.
Any hints? Should I d/l a better/higher functionality configuration tool from HP? I'm about Googled out on this, and what I think to be an exhaustive search in this HELP area doesn't give me the info I think I need. Wot am I doing wrong, pls? Any more info I can provide? Happy 2 do it. TIA for any cycles you can spare.

I appreciate the feedback VERY much, Kappy, and at the beginning of my most recent (and successful!) hacking session, I thought that you were helping me "fail forward" ... but it all turned out OK, thanx to you!
When I get the printout of the "MENU MAP" the HP MIO menu shows only
CFG NETWORK = NO
so with your welcome hint, I just found that if I go into the HP MIO menu and change NO to YES*, I can keep going... and I can even get to where I can change the TCP/IP addr!
As (I believe) befits an important setting area like CFG NETWORK, setting it to YES* holds only for ONE application. When you come back from READY status, HP MIO's CFG NETWORK is set back to NO.
But if I've just arrived and have set CFG NETWORK to YES* and keep going, I see choices like
NOVELL = OFF*/ON (I left that at OFF*, no Novell hereabouts)
DLC/LLC = OFF*/ON (not understanding what that is, I left it at OFF*)
TCP/IP = ON*/OFF (I can set it ON* and it will "stick" from entry-from-READY to future entry-from-READY -- like I've turned it ON and it stays on)
ETALK = ON/OFF*
Encouragingly next, I see
CONFIG TCP/IP = YES*/NO
BOOTP* = YES/NO*
Then I get to a place where I can enter
TCP BYTE 1 = 0*
and I can move that byte up until it reads
TCP BYTE 1 = 10*
and the same through the rest of the TCP BYTES:
TCP BYTE 2 = 0*
TCP BYTE 3 = 1*
TCP BYTE 4 = 3*
These settings persist from CONFIG TCP/IP to the next CONFIG TCP/IP session, so that's good...
Next in the menu options, I see
SM BYTE 1 = 0* which I assume means Subnet Mask, so I alter that to be the same as the other members of my LAN (correct me if these settings are wrong, please?)
SM BYTE 1 = 255*
SM BYTE 2 = 255*
SM BYTE 3 = 255*
SM BYTE 1 = 0*
These settings persist from CONFIG TCP/IP to the next CONFIG TCP/IP session, so that's also good...
Next the menu offers me
LG BYTE 1 = 0*
LG BYTE 2 = 0*
LG BYTE 3 = 0*
LG BYTE 4 = 0*
I have no idea whatever what LG means, so I didn't change that. Same for the next choice:
GW BYTE 1 = 0*
GW BYTE 2 = 0*
GW BYTE 3 = 0*
GW BYTE 4 = 0*
Finally, the CONFIG TCP/IP = YES* menu offers
TIMEOUT = 90*
and the possible values range from 0 through 3600. Having no idea whatever what this is, I left it alone.
When my printer's TCP/IP addr was set at 10.0.1.3 I could PING it successfully. When I changed its addr to 10.0.1.200 I could no longer PING 10.0.1.3, but could successfully PING 10.0.1.200 .
However, in neither case can I add a printer whose IP address is 10.0.1.200 or 10.0.1.3, whose queue-name I leave blank for the default queue, using IPP, and where I specify the HP Laserjet 5M device.
Sooooh close I wondered what my dain bramage was...
I next wondered whether it perchance had something to do with the LG or the GW 4-octet strings, which I could set to anything but which I've left 0.0.0.0 out of ignorance?
But then I got a brainstorm -- it seems as if what is built into this printer is like the JetDirect I used previously -- so when I changed from IPP to JetDirect SOCKET protocol, everything worked!
So a great big THANKS FOR THE CRUCIAL HINT!! goes to you, [B}Kappy!! :)
... might be nice to know what LG, GW, and TIMEOUT have to do with anything, but right now I'm a Happy Camper.
... and strangely enuf, the .PDF file I cite above has no occurrences of CFG, much less TCP. Foo upon all HP Documentation 'droids.

How to install HP Deskjet 990cxi printer on laptop...

I have spent two days trying to install my excellent HP Deskjet 990cxi on my new laptop running Win7 Home Premium on an AMD 64-bit processor. I want to do two things:
to set the printer up to run direct from a USB port on my laptop. Having done this, I then want
to set the printer up on BT Home Hub Type 2A, connected through the hub's USB, as a network computer.
So far under windows, this has proved a huge problem. It seems that the printer settings file is in 32-bit, but in the attempt to install the printer through the Windows "add printer" in Devices and Printers, and after a Windows update on the program to find Deskjet 990c, I run into a brick wall with the printer failing to install. I get the following message: "Printer driver was not installed. Access is denied ". Yet I am loading the printer drivers as Administrator.
By contrast, I also run Ubuntu 11.04 linux on this computer under Windows.
Ubuntu loaded the 990cxi drivers in an instant when it was connected via USB to the laptop; and more importantly,
Ubuntu set the printer us as a network printer running off the BT Home Hub type 2A and it worked perfectly. I even tested it by sending a graphics file from my garden to the printer indoors and the quality was perfect.
So the observation is this: If Ubuntu can load both printer settings on the same laptop, why is Windows 7 such a trial? Can HP or BT Customer Service do anything about this?

This might help:
I had huge problems with my HP Laserjet 5M on getting a Homehub 3.0 - I'd used a Sky router before and had similar problems at the start with that. The BT Homehub is a very poor piece of equipment and the BT support staff (in India) are absolutely useless, they try to help and got me to allow them to remotely go on my screen and control my computer - so I could see exactly what they were doing - the computer equivalent of a bogbrush to a blocked bog - not impressive and 2 days and over 2 hours on the phone got me nowhere.
Finally found the instructions - or similar I'd used some years ago on the Sky hub:
Instructions on how to set a LaserJet 5M for IP address use on a network. Other printers models may may be similar.
         This is necessary on Mac OSX 10.6+ due to the loss of Appletalk support which made it much easier to configure with Default.
         • Press Menu, repeatedly, the following messages appears on the control panel: HP MIO MENU
         • Press ITEM. - CFG NETWORK=NO* will appear.
         • Press the PLUS button once. - CFG NETWORK=YES* will appear.
         • Press SELECT .
         • Press ITEM repeatedly until CFG TCP/IP=NO* appears.
         • Press the PLUS button. CFG TCP/IP=YES* will appear.
         • Press SELECT.
         For DHCP based IP addressing:
         • Press ITEM until BOOTP=YES* appears.
         • When using BootP or DHCP, keep the setting BOOTP=YES*. If set to BOOTP=NO*, then press the PLUS to change it to BOOTP=YES.
         • Press SELECT to set, then GO.
         • The BootP or DHCP server will configure the TCP/IP parameters on the HP Jetdirect.
         • No other TCP/IP configuring is necessary.
         • Print a self-test page to verify the IP settings.
         • Press Menu until TEST MENU appears.
         • Press Item until PRINT SELF TEST is displayed.
         • Press SELECT .
         • If the test page does not show the correct settings, power cycle the printer and reprint the test page.
         When set for BootP the lower right corner of the test page display something like:
         TCP/IP STATUS: READY
         HOST NAME: 192.168.2.10
         CONFIG BY RARP/BOOTP
         IP ADDRESS: 192.168.2.10
         SUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0
         DEF. GATEWAY 192.168.2.1
         SYSLOG SERVER: NOT SPECIFIED
         IDLE TIMEOUT (SECONDS): 90
         SNMP GET CMTY NAME: ALL
         SNMP SET CMTY NAME: NONE
         BOOTP/DHCP SERVER: 0.0.0.0
         If you want to set the printer to a static IP address:
ALSO if you do NOT have a JetDirect follow the instructions below:
         • Press ITEM until BOOTP=YES* appears.
         • Press the PLUS button. BOOTP=NO will appear.
         • Press ITEM . IP BYTE 1=192 will appear.
         • Press the PLUS or MINUS button until the value of the first byte of the IP address appears on the control-panel display.
         • Press SELECT to set that byte.
         • Press ITEM to continue.
         • Repeat to configure the remaining bytes of the IP address you wan to set. e.g., IP BYTE 2=168 , IP BYTE 3=2, IP BYTE 1=10) = 192.168.2.10
         • Repeat Steps to configure the subnet mask bytes (SM BYTE 1=255, SM BYTE 2=255, SM BYTE 3=255 , SM BYTE 4=0) = 255.255.255.0
         • Repeat Steps to configure the syslog server IP address (LG BYTE 1=0,LG BYTE 2=0, LG BYTE 3=0, LG BYTE 4=0) = 0.0.0.0 (Mine had the BYTE 4=1 and only when I reset it to BYTE 4=0 did everything go correctly).
         • You can leave this at 0.0.0.0 if not needed.
         • Repeat Steps to configure the default gateway (GW BYTE 1=192, GW BYTE 2=168, GW BYTE 3=2, GW BYTE 4=1) = 192.168.2.1 (often it is automatically set by your router and you do not have to do anything other than check this is correct).
         • Configure the timeout (TIMEOUT=90). You can leave the default at 90 seconds.
         • Press GO .
         • Print a self-test page to verify the IP settings.
         • Press Menu until TEST MENU appears.
         • Press Item until PRINT SELF TEST is displayed.
         • Press SELECT .
         • If the test page does not show the correct settings, power cycle the printer and reprint the test page.
         When set to a static value it looks something like:
         TCP/IP STATUS: READY
         CONFIG BY FRONT PANEL/TELNET
         IP ADDRESS: 192.168.2.10
         SUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0
         DEF. GATEWAY 192.168.2.1
         SYSLOG SERVER: 0.0.0.0
         IDLE TIMEOUT (SECONDS): 90
         Add the printer.
         • To add the printer on Mac OSX 10.6+, open the Printer & Fax Preference panel.
         • Unlock if locked.
         • Press + to add.
         • Select HP JetDirect - Socket from the Protocol pulldown menu.
BUT if you do not have a JetDirect then click the Line Printer Daemon – LPD option instead.
         • In the address field, enter the IP address from the Test Page printout.
         • Print Using should set itself to LaserJet 5M from the built-in drivers in Mac OSX 10.6+ within a few seconds if it can communicate with the printer.
         • Type in a name you want to give the printer. It will use its IP Address as the name if nothing is entered.
         • Type in a location if you desire. Not sure where this shows up.
         • Press Add.
         • The Installable Options are determined and the printer is added.
NOTE – ref users without a JetDirect:
                  • If you get a message telling you the printer is busy – you have probably indicated JetDirect or Internet Printing Protocol - IPP option in the Protocol pulldown menu by mistake – delete the printer and go back and reset it with the Line Printer Daemon – LPD option instead.
Good luck.

Ibook/G3/OSX.4 (tiger) and HP LaserJet 4050 ethernet (no USB) printer

hi everyone, i spent forever on the HP site and HP phone trying to get support but got nowhere. someone gave me an HP LaserJet 4050 printer. It has a serial port, a parallel port and an ethernet cable port. I have an ibook with USB, firewire, and ethernet. i have no instructions for the printer (it's old school). i downloaded the driver from HP but nothings happening. I can't figure out how to configure this printer to work with my mac. It may be impossible. It seems to be a network printer as there is an IP address on the printer. The only way I can connect is thru the ethernet cable. Are there any work-arounds?
Thanks,
Amy

That printer (discontinued 2001?) may not support IPP (= Internet Printing Protocol, not IP printing). If it does it will need a queue name to work with a jetdirect card (ethernet card).
IP printing > HP jetdirect protocol is better for HP jetdirects.
To change settings on the printer, use the Classic (OS 9) HP Laserjet utility, bundled in OS 9 Laserjet driver installers, or use OS X Terminal command "telnet 192.168.x.x" (printer's IP address).

Wireless printing to Canon MX310 fails using D-Link Router - Can't Connect

I recently bought a D-Link wireless router (320), which supports wireless printing and I am trying to set it up to work with MBP. I set it up to run with Windows XP and it works fine with no problems, but with my MBP it won't work. Here is a screen shot showing the XP set up and the printer server info from the router (bottom).
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1645/printerq.jpg
From this, I've been using the following information to add the printer,
Protocol: HP Jetdirect - Socket
Address: 192.168.0.1
Queue: lp1
The printer shows up as idle in the printer selection menu. When I print it goes through the following messages,
Connecting to Printer...
Printer Online...
Printing...
And then the queue clears itself as if it printed, but nothing ever comes out of the printer. At first I assumed it was a problem with the router, but when I tested it with Windows it doesn't have any hang-ups.
Any help would be appreciated with this, as I've read several posts and tried all recommendations but nothing will work. I'm also curious if I have the "Queue" in the printer dialogue right, or if it should be 9100. Thanks in advance!

Based on your Windows port configuration, your Mac printer queue configuration is reasonably correct. Although based on your Windows port configuration, you don't seem to require a queue name of lp1 - this would normally be required for LPD connections.
Your issue will be with the driver used. The Canon Mac drivers cannot be used when you have the printer connected to the USB port of a wireless router or print server (although the exception to this rule is an Airport device). When you have the printer connected via USB to a router or being shared by Windows, then you need to use a CUPS-based driver like Gutenprint or PrintFab (yes I know the Canon driver says CUPS but it is not true CUPS).
The Gutenprint tends to be the preferred driver because it is free, however your MX310 is not listed as a supported model so you would have to experiment with using a model that is supported and this can waste a lot of time and ink/paper.
PrintFab (www.printfab.net) costs 49 Euro but it does support your MX310. A trial version is also available so you could see if the printer does work before making a purchase.
One final note. For your Windows queue you don't need to add the colon 9100 after the IP address. The fact that you have selected RAW and have 9100 set for the Port Number is adequate.

Getting a Sharp AR-405 with AR-PB2A to print from Snow Leopard

I made this work, and thought I'd share (after not being able to, and going over these boards).
Maybe I can help someone else...
Backstory: This is $12,000 printer circa 1999/2000, and not so easily replaced off the shelf! The AR-PB2A is a networking box attached to the machine that allows it to use several protocols, and adds features. It has a parallel port as well.
I'd gotten a new MBP 2 months ago with OSX 10.5.6 (to start the move from OS9) and thought I'd die when it wouldn't print (but the gimp folks helped out). Sharp no longer supports this model, and judging by the printer list from Apple, they don't support this OS either. Last week, we added an imac, which came pre-loaded with Snow Leopard.
Imagine my horror on the "no appletalk" issue!
Long-term, printer-sharing isn't going to cut it. This printer may outlast a few system revisions yet.
After many restarts, and crashing the printer dozens of times, here's what works.
All you need is a PPD file that works from an earlier system.
This works for both 10.5.8--10.6.1 ... it may work on earlier OS X versions. It may help for other Sharp AR series printers of this vintage.
1. Go to the printer interface, and set the printer's IP number if it hasn't already been set. Refer to the AR-PB2A manual if you need to figure out how to get to the right panel and what I type below makes no sense:
A.If the printer is online, toggle the button to OFFLINE.Click the "MENU" button on the lower right. Navigate to TCP/IP settings.
B.Make sure the printer's IP number is set to your LAN network (ie 192.168.1.xx)
Pick that last number to be one not already used on your network/LAN.
C.Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
D.**Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
E.Close the settings panels, and shut off the printer and let it sit a couple minutes, then restart.
** -ROUTER address actually. Not being a network guru, this alternative terminology stumped me for awhile
2.Print a NIC page (startup page with the network info on it). If it doesn't auto-print one on startup, go into the printer's panels and either set it to print or tell it to do so now. (Default PW for the "key operator" thing in case you're interested is 00000. If it's been changed, you'll need to know what it was changed to.)
My printer was never set to be on TCP/IP network, we only recently were able to migrate to DSL, router etc. (We left the appletalk settings intact, and the appletalk-capable machines still print to it fine.)
3. When the machine is up and running again, try to access it with a web browser. Just type in the IP # of the machine into your browser. It should bring up a web page. If not, check the IP to be sure it's correct. This will help verify that the printer is accessible.
If you are successful, you'll be presented with some settings pages. Here you can poke around and see all what you can change (including the IP#).
4. HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PART:
The default PORT is 10001. CUPS wants to default to port 631. You can't set this printer's port to 631 (but you can set it between 10001 and 6xxxx). Just leave it. This port number will be shown at the bottom of the NIC printout page, under
"TCP/IP Connection Information
Port Number : 10001"
If you need or wish to change any settings via the web access pages, you'll need a PW. For this particular model, default is "sysadm". There is no place to input a user name, so other "default Sharp" pw's don't work Although, they may work for other sharp models.
5. Now the big fun:
System Prefs > Printers & Fax > click the + to add a new printer
Click the IP printer button at the top.
Drop down menu has three options:
Line Printer Daemon
Internet Printing Protocol
HP DirectJet - Socket
Select HP DIRECTJET-SOCKET
(the other two crashed my printer every time, causing it to be shut off and sometimes the settings completely redone)
In the first line, type in the IP of the printer followed with the port--
Here's my own example:
192.168.1.195:10001
If the port number is not there, it will not print.
(be sure to match the IP number to your network and what you set the printer to)
Leave the next line Blank.
The 3rd line down (Printer Name) starts out with the basic IP number. Give this printer a sensible name here.
Location line: Name it or leave it blank
Drop down menu at the bottom, go look for your PPD file. (if you can't find it now, you can reset it later). It should default to "Generic..."
This will bring up a dialog with a progress bar, you can wait for that to finish or click configure. Set the printer's options regarding memory, trays, duplex module etc.
Click "Add" at the bottom of the panel.
The printer should now show up in your Printers & Fax panel, and be available.
Try a test print.
Notes: I can't figure out how to rename a printer once it's been set up. If you don't set the name when you add the printer, you won't be able to later (although the unix folks might know the way around that). Otherwise, you'll end up with the IP# as the printer name. If you don't like this, delete and set it up again (naming the printer).
Presently, on this 10.5.8 machine, I have this printer set up to print via AppleTalk and as an IP printer (both are listed printers now). I can print to either one from this machine. But only the IP printer version (via HP JetDirect-Socket) works on the 10.6 machine.
I write this in hopes it helps someone else in some way. Maybe you too can save 10 hours, when it can be done in about 10 minutes (less if your printer is actually in the same room as your computer!) Who knew that "HP JetDirect" would work when the other two more "obvious" choices for a Sharp printer would crash it? Ha!
Now, we're off to get some ancient Epson LQ-570+ online. We've managed to get one to work on 10.5.8 ... and therefore, we are hopeful! Anyone remember PowerPrint LT and the dongles?? Mwah ha ha ha... yes the insanity continues....
--Ky

I made this work, and thought I'd share (after not being able to, and going over these boards).
Maybe I can help someone else...
Backstory: This is $12,000 printer circa 1999/2000, and not so easily replaced off the shelf! The AR-PB2A is a networking box attached to the machine that allows it to use several protocols, and adds features. It has a parallel port as well.
I'd gotten a new MBP 2 months ago with OSX 10.5.6 (to start the move from OS9) and thought I'd die when it wouldn't print (but the gimp folks helped out). Sharp no longer supports this model, and judging by the printer list from Apple, they don't support this OS either. Last week, we added an imac, which came pre-loaded with Snow Leopard.
Imagine my horror on the "no appletalk" issue!
Long-term, printer-sharing isn't going to cut it. This printer may outlast a few system revisions yet.
After many restarts, and crashing the printer dozens of times, here's what works.
All you need is a PPD file that works from an earlier system.
This works for both 10.5.8--10.6.1 ... it may work on earlier OS X versions. It may help for other Sharp AR series printers of this vintage.
1. Go to the printer interface, and set the printer's IP number if it hasn't already been set. Refer to the AR-PB2A manual if you need to figure out how to get to the right panel and what I type below makes no sense:
A.If the printer is online, toggle the button to OFFLINE.Click the "MENU" button on the lower right. Navigate to TCP/IP settings.
B.Make sure the printer's IP number is set to your LAN network (ie 192.168.1.xx)
Pick that last number to be one not already used on your network/LAN.
C.Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
D.**Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
E.Close the settings panels, and shut off the printer and let it sit a couple minutes, then restart.
** -ROUTER address actually. Not being a network guru, this alternative terminology stumped me for awhile
2.Print a NIC page (startup page with the network info on it). If it doesn't auto-print one on startup, go into the printer's panels and either set it to print or tell it to do so now. (Default PW for the "key operator" thing in case you're interested is 00000. If it's been changed, you'll need to know what it was changed to.)
My printer was never set to be on TCP/IP network, we only recently were able to migrate to DSL, router etc. (We left the appletalk settings intact, and the appletalk-capable machines still print to it fine.)
3. When the machine is up and running again, try to access it with a web browser. Just type in the IP # of the machine into your browser. It should bring up a web page. If not, check the IP to be sure it's correct. This will help verify that the printer is accessible.
If you are successful, you'll be presented with some settings pages. Here you can poke around and see all what you can change (including the IP#).
4. HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PART:
The default PORT is 10001. CUPS wants to default to port 631. You can't set this printer's port to 631 (but you can set it between 10001 and 6xxxx). Just leave it. This port number will be shown at the bottom of the NIC printout page, under
"TCP/IP Connection Information
Port Number : 10001"
If you need or wish to change any settings via the web access pages, you'll need a PW. For this particular model, default is "sysadm". There is no place to input a user name, so other "default Sharp" pw's don't work Although, they may work for other sharp models.
5. Now the big fun:
System Prefs > Printers & Fax > click the + to add a new printer
Click the IP printer button at the top.
Drop down menu has three options:
Line Printer Daemon
Internet Printing Protocol
HP DirectJet - Socket
Select HP DIRECTJET-SOCKET
(the other two crashed my printer every time, causing it to be shut off and sometimes the settings completely redone)
In the first line, type in the IP of the printer followed with the port--
Here's my own example:
192.168.1.195:10001
If the port number is not there, it will not print.
(be sure to match the IP number to your network and what you set the printer to)
Leave the next line Blank.
The 3rd line down (Printer Name) starts out with the basic IP number. Give this printer a sensible name here.
Location line: Name it or leave it blank
Drop down menu at the bottom, go look for your PPD file. (if you can't find it now, you can reset it later). It should default to "Generic..."
This will bring up a dialog with a progress bar, you can wait for that to finish or click configure. Set the printer's options regarding memory, trays, duplex module etc.
Click "Add" at the bottom of the panel.
The printer should now show up in your Printers & Fax panel, and be available.
Try a test print.
Notes: I can't figure out how to rename a printer once it's been set up. If you don't set the name when you add the printer, you won't be able to later (although the unix folks might know the way around that). Otherwise, you'll end up with the IP# as the printer name. If you don't like this, delete and set it up again (naming the printer).
Presently, on this 10.5.8 machine, I have this printer set up to print via AppleTalk and as an IP printer (both are listed printers now). I can print to either one from this machine. But only the IP printer version (via HP JetDirect-Socket) works on the 10.6 machine.
I write this in hopes it helps someone else in some way. Maybe you too can save 10 hours, when it can be done in about 10 minutes (less if your printer is actually in the same room as your computer!) Who knew that "HP JetDirect" would work when the other two more "obvious" choices for a Sharp printer would crash it? Ha!
Now, we're off to get some ancient Epson LQ-570+ online. We've managed to get one to work on 10.5.8 ... and therefore, we are hopeful! Anyone remember PowerPrint LT and the dongles?? Mwah ha ha ha... yes the insanity continues....
--Ky

How to print from MAC to an HP OfficeJet 5610

First off, I am new to the MAC platform (having been a Windows guy forever). So I have several printers in my house that are connected to Windows XP machines as a 'shared printer'. All my Windows machines can print to these pritners.
Now I need to figure out how to get my daughter's MabBook White to print to them. Is this even a possibility? They are not PostScript printers but I was not sure if MAC still required all printers to support PostScript.
I tried to configure the printer using the 'Windows' selection in the Printer dialog box. The printer appeared 'configured' but whenever I sent over a document to print, it would go into the Windows Print Spooler and just hang the printer up. Nothing ever actually printed and I had to kill the print job.
Is there any hope of getting this to work? Do I have to install special drivers and if so where can I find documentation on the process of getting this all to work?
Or, should I just break down and buy a Canon Printer for the MAC? Preferably, I would like to use what I have because the printers are good and why spend money just because of a platform change? But....
Thanks in advance!
-Rick

HP's print driver for that model won't work for Windows Printing. It's a USB-only driver. You need a CUPS driver to use the built-in network printing protocols. Install hpijs, a 3 part install:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs
and follow this:
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html

How to connect Canon MP470 with USR5461 Print Server on Leopard 10.5

The main problem I had with adding this printer is that the drivers from Canon's website do not work. Do not download and use the CUPS driver provided from Canon.
You need to use this driver which should be included on your MacBook: Canon PIXMA MP150 - Gutenprint v5.1.3
Here are the steps:
1) Go to System Preferences
2) Click on Print & Fax
3) Hold down alt/option next to control and click the + sign to add a printer.
4) Select advanced from the tabs above. Note: If you do not see an advanced icon on the top toolbar, right click and click customize toolbar to add the advanced button (the fact that you have to do that is weird to me).
5) Wait for a little while when you enter into advanced and it will eventually give you a list of printing protocol types. Select the drop down labelled types and select Internet Printing Protocol (http)
6) Enter the URI http://192.168.2.1:1631/printers/My_Printer
7) If you changed your router address replace 192.168.2.1 with whatever address you use to access your router's settings page.
8) Select the driver Canon PIXMA MP150 - Gutenprint v5.1.3
9) You may enter the location of your printer if you want i.e. Brad's Room or where ever your printer is located.
10) Click add printer.
11) You should be back to the Printer & Fax screen. Double click the newly added printer on the list to your left. That will open the printer queue.
12) Then select Printer from the system menu on top and select print test page.
13) Make sure your printer is on and everything is connected.
14) Happy printing.

Actually there is a better way. I had been having problems on my new Macbook with OSX 10.5 but not on my Mac Mini running OSX 10.4. After doing some searching I figured out that it had something to do with the way 10.5 handles CUPS whatever that is. After sitting on hold with Apple forever they blamed it on USR even though my other Mac running 10.4 and my Windows machines all work fine.
Since Apple refuses to admit it is there problem here is the work around I came up with. It is a two parter. Before you start make sure your printer driver is installed just like you would if your printer was connect directly to your Mac.
First Part
1) Open the "printer and fax" control panel
2) Delete the old printer set up through the USR5461
3) Click the "+" sign to add a new printer
4) Here is the tricky part apple doesn't tell you. You need to go into "advanced set up but there is no obvious way to do that. Right click on the blank spot next to more printers and select "customize tool bar".
5) Click and drag the sprocket called "Advanced" to the tool bar"
6) Then click the "advanced" icon in the tool bar.
7) Give it a few seconds before clicking anything. Then in the "type" drop down menu choose "internet printing protocol (http)"
8) Enter the IP address of your printer (the default for the USR5461 is http://192.168.2.1:1631/printers/My_Printer)
9) Name the printer and fill in the location field with whatever you like
10) From the drop down menu choose "select a printer to use" and then find your printer driver.
11) Then hit the "add" button at the bottom and you are done with the first part
Second Part
1) Use your browser to go to http://192.168.2.1/device.asp (this may require you to log into your USR5461)
2) About halfway down you will see "Check the U.S. Robotics Web site for an update." and click the link
3) The link takes you to a page where you have to select your device (USR5461 under "wireless")
4) There you can find a "beta firmware update 3.93.35.0.9 (Jun 5 2008)", download that.
Then go back to http://192.168.2.1/device.asp and upload the firmware file and choose "ugrade"
5) Once you do this it will take about 30-60 seconds for your USR5461 to come back online. Wait until it is completely rebooted and check the firmware to make sure the update is correct. If so you are done with the second part.
Now try printing. I hope this works for everyone.
Well, to get the Advanced tab choice, I had to customize the Add Printer toolbar: there you can add a handy Advanced button. Press that, and there you'll find the Tiger functionality hiding!

How to share printer with pc?

Hello,
want to share printer with pc. Thinking about print server, something from dlink products, which are cheap enough.
Are they compatible with mac?
Are there any other option? (sharing through pc or through mac is not convinient in my opinion).
Thank you very much in advance.

A Printer properly connected to WiFi is like another computer workstation on your Network. It should have a FIXED IP address similar to the other devices on you Network but less than xxx.yyy.zzz.254, and it needs to know the WiFi password (so you have to have entered that password into the Printer at some point). When set up correctly, you can Ping it at its IP Address with Network Utility and it will respond in a fraction of a second.
When you use Add-a-Printer to set up a WiFi-attached Printer, DO NOT use Default Browser. It is an IP Printer, and uses the IP Printer tab and its IP Address to configure. Look in the manual to determine whether it should be IP + Internet Printing Protocol, IP + Line Printer Daemon , or IP + HP Jet Direct Socket.

Why can't you simply print a photo in iPhoto? It wants me to create a "theme" first? What's that all about?

When I try to print in iPhoto it won't let me print without creating a "theme" first. Is there any way you can just print? I don't want a theme, I just want to print!

"themes" are simply print protocols. Yes you can have some layout, but plain is also theme. At a wild guess you're getting a "no theme installed message"?
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
If you purchased it on the App Store or have a Recent Mac you can find it in your Purchases List.

How to print the barcode in a smartform satisfying specific condition

Hi
I have a requirement where I need to print the barcode System Bar code = BC_93
satisfying the following requirement:
The Bar code is made up of the concatenation of code1 , dash character
and code2. The two codes ( that is some field in a custom table) should be
eight char long each (put leading zero if the length of the code is shorter).
This barcode shall be printed always apart from:
a) code1 material type is ZCPF
b )Is a combi order, with no code2 stored in storage location abc
please help with example . its very urgent , points will be rewarded.
Thanks

To Create a Bar code prefix:
1) Go to T-code - SPAD -> Full Administration -> Click on Device Type -> Double click the device for which you wish to create the print control -> Click on Print Control tab ->Click on change mode -> Click the plus sign to add a row or prefix say SBP99 (Prefix must start with SBP) -> save you changes , it will ask for request -> create request and save
2) Now when you go to SE73 if you enter SBP00 for you device it will add the newly created Prefix
Create a character format C1.Assign a barcode to the character format.Check the check box for the barcode.
The place where you are using the field value use like this
<C1> &itab-field& </C1>.
You will get the field value in the form of barcode.
Which barcode printer are you using ? Can you download this file and see.
http://www.servopack.de/Files/HB/ZPLcommands.pdf.
It will give an idea about barcode commands.
Check this link:
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/questions-about-bar-code-printing-in-sap.htm
Check this link:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d9/4a94c851ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm
Hope this link ll be useful..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/66/1b45c136639542a83663072a74a21c/content.htm
go through these links and cose u r previous threads,
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/questions-about-bar-code-printing-in-sap.htm
smartform - barcode
http://www.erpgenie.com/abap/smartforms.htm
http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-basis/print-barcode-with-smartform-634396
http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-dev/printing-barcode-733550
Detailed information about SAP Barcodes
A barcode solution consists of the following:
- a barcode printer
- a barcode reader
- a mobile data collection application/program
A barcode label is a special symbology to represent human readable information such as a material number or batch number
in machine readable format.
There are different symbologies for different applications and different industries. Luckily, you need not worry to much about that as the logistics supply chain has mostly standardized on 3 of 9 and 128 barcode symbologies - which all barcode readers support and which SAP support natively in it's printing protocols.
You can print barcodes from SAP by modifying an existing output form.
Behind every output form is a print program that collects all the data and then pass it to the form. The form contains the layout as well as the font, line and paragraph formats. These forms are designed using SAPScript (a very easy but frustratingly simplistic form format language) or SmartForms that is more of a graphical form design tool.
Barcodes are nothing more than a font definition and is part of the style sheet associated with a particular SAPScript form. The most important aspect is to place a parameter in the line of the form that points to the data element that you want to represent as barcode on the form, i.e. material number. Next you need to set the font for that parameter value to one of the supported barcode symbologies.
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