HP3000 failing to print to a Canon IR5055

[Wayne Dunlop]

Hi,
an age old problem has resurfaced with a new twist.

We have a new Canon printer and - lo and behold - it has no LPT port.
So we can't even print to it from our HP3000 using a JetDirect box.

The only access we have is the Network interface.
I tried different parms in my NPCONFIG file

167    (NETWORK_ADDRESS = 192.1.1.13
        TCP_PORT_NUMBER=9100
        BANNER_TRAILER = FALSE
        BANNER_HEADER = FALSE
        SETUP_FILE = NPSETUP3
        PJL_SUPPORTED = TRUE

or

167    (NETWORK_ADDRESS = 192.1.1.13
       TCP_PORT_NUMBER=9100
              poll_interval = 4
              poll_interval_max = 4
              data_timeout = 20
              jam_recovery = false
              snmp_enabled = FALSE
              snmp_timeout = 10
              snmp_max_retries = 5
              pjl_supported = false
              message_interval = 0

Then I test with
file xyz;dev = 167
showme > *xyz
but nothing gets printed.
The output is in PRINT status but is stuck.

I saw a newsgroup posting from Eric Sorensen who says
"The MPE network spooler "expects" to get a response to the PJL status
inquiry (from the printer) and also "expects" a SNMP response (from
the network interface). If the printer cannot respond with PJL, then
the spooler will not send data. In that case, use a different printer,
or use a third-party spooler (i.e. NBSpool from Quest Software)."

Is that the final word on the subject. Or has someone found a workaround?

Is it possible to suspend, override or ignore the PJL status inquiry ?
or force the printer to reply ?
Idem for SNMP ?


Any ideas ?

TIA

Wayne