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[Mike Rambo]

Sean wrote:
> 
> 
> This is not the case =) The Jet Direct card takes care of network
> protocals and acts kind of like a print server. The printer is a PCL6
> printer with a Postscript ROM. It it is an HP2100 with the jetdirect card,
> the Postscript ROM, and 4 megs of ram added to it.
> 
> The jetDirect card adds stuff like LPR, Appletalk, SMB, and netware
> support, it keeps track of the network information like the appletalk
> name, the IP#'s (which can be assigned using bootp, statically, or DHCP)
> or the windows names/queues.
> 
> The jetdirect card is roughly equivelent to attaching a linux box to your
> local postscript printer, and printing to the box.
> 

I stand corrected :-) - and it's a good thing to know too.

> 
> It took about 4 minutes to get it configured for LPR and appletalk after I
> reset the JetDirect card and point all the machines to it.
> 
> Maybe its just different in Windows because Windows Doesnt print natively
> in Postscript??

Could well be.  From my experience, the only way to get win9x to print
is to use the jetadmin software to create the port and then map it. 
Next time I'm at Rich I'm going to look further.

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Mike Rambo
Lansing School District