HP Color LaserJet 3800 Printer - Software Technical Reference

Print-ready file printing in a Windows network

If the product is shared on a Windows network, complete the following steps.

1. From a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window, type copy /b <FILENAME> \

\<COMPUTERNAME>\<SHARENAME>, where <FILENAME> is the name of the print-ready file

(including the path), <COMPUTERNAME> is the name of the computer from which the product is

being shared, and <SHARENAME> is the product share name. For example, type the following:

C:\>copy /b c:\3800FW.PDF \\your_server\sharename

NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path in

quotation marks. For example, type C:\>copy /b "c:\My Documents\3800FW.PDF"

\\your_server\sharename

2. Press Enter on the keyboard. The message PROCESSING JOB appears on the control panel,

and the job prints. The message 1 file(s) copied appears on the computer screen.

Print-ready file printing in UNIX systems

For UNIX systems, any command method that delivers the print-ready file to the product is acceptable,

including the following:

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At the command prompt, type cp </home/yourmachine/FILENAME/ dev/parallel>,

where </home/yourmachine/FILENAME> is the location of the print-ready file.

Print-ready file printing by using the LPR command

NOTE This direct printing method is for use in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP,

and Windows Server 2003.

Complete the following steps to print a print-ready file by using the LPR command.

1. Make note of the TCP/IP address on the Embedded Jetdirect page. The HP Embedded Jetdirect

page is the second page of the configuration page printout. To print a configuration page, see

Determining the current level of firmware.

2. From a command window, type the following:

lpr -P IPADDRESS -S IPADDRESS -o l FILENAME lpr -S <IPADDRESS> -Pbinps

where IPADDRESS can be either the TCP/IP address or the host name of the product, and where

FILENAME is the file name of the print-ready file.

NOTE The parameter (-o l) consists of a lowercase "O", not a zero, and a lowercase "L",

not the numeral 1. This parameter sets the transport protocol to binary mode.

3. The file prints, but no messages appear in the command prompt window.

4. Type exit at the command prompt to close the command window.

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