Printers

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

Maybe you can find an old jet direct for print server?

E-bay and Craigslist to the rescue!

AU to the rescue!  Is a j7934a or a j6057a of any use?

dunno - are those cards or the little standalone print servers?

[Mark]

HP JetDirect Cards.  They are the smaller ones.  I think I might have a larger one if I haven't thrown it away yet.  will hed over and dig right now.

Here is a pic of the two models I mentioned.

[Mark]

Something tells me this is from an HP 3SI -- Assuming your LJ 4 is a 4SI, I have no idea if any of these are compatible.

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

HP JetDirect Cards.  They are the smaller ones.  I think I might have a larger one if I haven't thrown it away yet.  will hed over and dig right now.

Here is a pic of the two models I mentioned.

interesting... I will check the back of the 4Plus to see if it looks like it would accept something like that... have it hooked up to a BSD box, I'm trying to make into a CUPS print server.

[Mark]

interesting... I will check the back of the 4Plus to see if it looks like it would accept something like that... have it hooked up to a BSD box, I'm trying to make into a CUPS print server.

I did that for a while.  Would be nice if one of these cards fit in it thought because it's one less thing to plug in and pay for -- unless the BSD box is going to run additional services anyway.

[Jim Jensen]

Very interesting discussion here! I would not have ever thought about getting an old printer, but may consider doing so the next time I'm looking to put one somewhere like home.

[Hans Manhave]

Those big cards from HP3Si should work in 4 models and in 5 models.

I just verified that pulling the JetDirect from the worn out 4Si and putting it in the 5 was fine to do.  Still have to actually do it.

[Mark]

Those big cards from HP3Si should work in 4 models and in 5 models.

I just verified that pulling the JetDirect from the worn out 4Si and putting it in the 5 was fine to do.  Still have to actually do it.

BJK -- if you decide want to try the one from the 3si, we'll just need to coordinate shipping.  Let me know.

[Jeff Zylstra]

Very interesting discussion here! I would not have ever thought about getting an old printer, but may consider doing so the next time I'm looking to put one somewhere like home.

ROFL!  That's my "doomsday" equipment you're talking about!  I keep an old laser printer, old server and a couple of old workstations around in my basement in case my office is totally destroyed or otherwise non-functional.   It's not hooked up, but the basement is wired and I can hook it up in short order. 

I'm thinking of having my office purchase a NAS unit and one of those low power CPUs that BJK was using for a music and data server.  Not that I'd ever use it for that or anything. 

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

Those big cards from HP3Si should work in 4 models and in 5 models.

I just verified that pulling the JetDirect from the worn out 4Si and putting it in the 5 was fine to do.  Still have to actually do it.

BJK -- if you decide want to try the one from the 3si, we'll just need to coordinate shipping.  Let me know.

might take you up on that - will check it out tonight

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

cracked it open - looks like the backplane connection (if you can called it a backplane) is a 3x18 pin jobbie.

also added random / mismatched 72pin RAM modules and brought the memory up to 18MB from 2MB (feel free to laugh)

still plodding away on the CUPS server - but if that 3SI card appears to match, I'll take it.

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

sweet - got it working!

[Hans Manhave]

In case this is needed as knowledge, I can now report that a JetDirect J2550A from a 4Si works in a HP5.

[Billy Welsh]

/Hijack

Anybody got a JetDirect 600N for a 9100C Digital Sender?

Yes I know it is ancient tech but for home scanning it would be awesome!  The 10/100 cards do not seem to play well with the 9100C - methinks it requires a 10mbit only card.

/Hijack

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

/HiBilly