HP J7949E manual LPD Setup Overview, Requirements for Configuring LPD, Setting Up IP Parameters

Requirements for Configuring LPD

Before you can use LPD printing, your printer must be properly connected to the network through the HP Jetdirect print server, and you must have print server status information. This information is listed on the HP Jetdirect printer configuration page. If you have not printed a configuration page from your printer, see your printer documentation for instructions. You must also have the following:

●An operating system that supports LPD printing.

●Superuser (root) or Administrator access to your system.

●The LAN hardware address (or station address) of the print server. This address is printed with print server status information on the HP Jetdirect configuration page and is of the form:

HARDWARE ADDRESS: xxxxxxxxxxxx

where x is a hexadecimal digit (for example, 0001E6123ABC).

●An IP address configured on the HP Jetdirect print server.

LPD Setup Overview

The following steps are necessary to configure the HP Jetdirect print server for LPD printing:

1.Setting up IP parameters.

2.Setting up print queues.

3.Printing a test file.

The following sections provide detailed descriptions for each step.

Step 1. Setting Up IP Parameters

To set up IP parameters on the HP Jetdirect print server, refer to Chapter 3. For more information on TCP/IP networks, refer to Appendix A.

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