snmp_enabled=false allows you to use something other than a JetDirect
interface, such as, for example, an Intel NetExpress. It has no effect on
the PCL requirement for the printer.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Titus, Bill (Indsys,Pwr Equip,IM)
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 12:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] FW: IP Printing
>
>
> I believe there is an "undocumented" parameter for the
> NPCONFIG.PUB.SYS file
> that can turn off the HP3000 printer status checking:
> snmp_enabled=false
>
> ie
>
> LDEV# (network_address = x.x.x.x
>         snmp_enabled=false
>         jam_recovery = FALSE
>         pjl_supported = FALSE)
>
> Maybe that could help?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Titus
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Burke [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 2:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: IP Printing
>
>
> If you want to use MPE/iX network printing then the printer
> MUST understand
> basic PCL (Note: Postscript printers either understand or
> ignore the PCL).
> There is no way around this. No secret directives for
> npconfig, no magic
> pill set-up file. Some non-PCL printers will fail more
> spectacularly than
> others (depending upon how they interpret PCL escape
> sequences), but they
> will all fail to print correctly.
>
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Coleman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:47 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [HP3000-L] IP Printing
> >
> >
> > We currently use IP printing to laser printers very
> > successfully. Recently I
> > tried to add a Printronix line printer to the mix. We now get
> > escape/header
> > codes printed on the first few lines of the report and
> > sometimes lose pages
> > from the end of the print. Is there an environment file that
> > I can add to
> > the printer definition in the npconfig file or will printing to the
> > Printronix work at all? Anybody had any experiences with
> > P'tronix printers
> > that could shed some light here? Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
>