Hi.
I'm trying to install HP DeskJet 710C printer on LPT port.
There is no such model in the list of Printer Administrator.
I tryed few models on /dev/lp1 and /dev/ecpp0 but with all I get message "out of service".
Printer is fully functional.
Is there solution to make this printer working on Solaris 10?
> The problem is, that I'm unable to find drivers for
> this printer.
I don't doubt that at all. Third party apps should get you past that.
> Also, could you tell me please what port should I use
> for LPT 1? Is it /dev/ecpp0?
If you want the whole gory details on printing under Solaris, goto:
http://docs.sun.com , Solaris 10, Advanced admin guide. There's about 200 pages of yuck on how Solaris does or doesn't print, according to who you ask.
alan
Hello Everyone,
I know this is an old post, but this might be of some interest to folks trying to set up a local printer under Solaris 10 and the Developer edition. There is a bug that prevents the ecpp driver_alias from being created under /etc/driver_alias. The workaround to get the driver_alias created is as follows. As root (su -) in terminal
update_drv -a -i "lp" ecpp
reboot the machine and you'll have the driver alias for ecpp present in /etc/driver_alias along with an entry in the print manger under Printer Port for /dev/printers/0
Here's a link describing the bug:
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6374608
Message was edited by:
mrmdls as I forgot the " along with adding the link
