Network Printer - Help too please

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

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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