You can temporarily disable SNMP by using the directive "snmp_enabled=false"
in npconfig for this particular printer. It will still work, you just will
not get all the nice status messages. [Make the change to npconfig,
stopspool for the printer, then startspool for the change to take effect.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Daniels [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:16 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Internet printing using the HP3000
>
>
> Hello everyone.  I have been away from the list for a long
> time and now I am
> back.
>
> We currently have an issue with printing to a laserjet over
> the internet
> from our HP3000 series 928.  We are still on 5.5.
> We thought that this would be an easy thing to do.  We print
> to laserjets
> all the time over our network.  This time we have the
> Laserjet 4050 at a
> remote location connected to a router that has a pegged IP
> address from our
> ISP.  The problem is that the ISP has temporarily blocked all
> traffic using
> the SNMP protocol.  The engineer at the response center said
> this was needed
> to communicate with the laserjet.  Supposedly, this is a
> temporary situation
> for the ISP.  They are concerned with security issues with
> the protocol.
>
> I need to know if anyone knows of a way to make this happen
> without SNMP.
> The engineer at the response center suggested that we look
> for third party
> software.
>
> Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Steve Daniels
> MIS Manager
> Park Farms, Inc.
> Canton, OH
> 330-455-0241
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