Re: Network Printer - Help too please

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:27:20PM -0800, tonydm wrote:
>  fredex wrote:
>  >>on HP printers that are jetdirect.
>  >>   
>  >>
>  >
>  >Actually,... all the modern laserjets with an ethernet interface emulate
>  >a Unix lpd print queue, which is much more flexible than the old 
>  >jetdirect "protocol". so, just choose "networked unix lpd", use
> a
>  >queuename of "raw", give it the printer's IP address, choose an
>  >appropriate printer driver, and voila!
>  >
>  > 
>  >
>  I truely welcome all the wonderfull advice.  But somewhere there is the 
>  impression that I have a Laserjet 4000N with Ethernet built in.  I do 
>  not.  I have a plain jane printer which requires a parallel connection 
>  to print.  That's where the Intel NetportExpress 10/100 came in.  It is 
>  the print server, not any part of the printer.
>   
In that case it is not a network printer . It is a local printer on
the Intel NetportExpress device.
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