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26th March 2003, 09:07 | #1 |
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| Network printer Beware: dumb questions ahead I connect a network printer with a USB or parallel cable and then i share it. But is it possible to omit the parallel or USB cable and just plug in a cat5-cable in the 10/100Base-TX internal print server/network card and the switch ? I'm almost shure this is true, but the real question is: If so, how do i control it's settings and how do i set the sharing properties ? Thx 4 your reply ! |
26th March 2003, 09:36 | #2 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| what you are looking for is a Print server a HP Jetdirect is pretty common , you connect a network cable & a printer to it. Then configure the box & away you go configuration is done through a webbased frontend, pretty straightforward
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26th March 2003, 09:56 | #3 |
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| It is a HP printer (jetdirect) i want to order. Webbased: like accessing it with http://HP.PRINT.IP.ADRESS like accessing my switch/router atm. Now: is the ip of the hp a standard value (like: it is always 192.168.100.100) ? Don't want any conflicts with my router/switch which has a set IP i cannot alter. Don't want to start laying cables and drilling holes in new furniture before i'm 100% sure about this.
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26th March 2003, 10:07 | #4 |
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| "normally" it is configured for DHCP out of the box but in the worst case you have to connect a console cable to the printserver & configure it this way before inserting it into your network it is best that you give the printserver a fixed IP address it can be managable by http://ip_address if the printserver you select supports it HP has a webjetadmin software package which will surerly get the job done.
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26th March 2003, 10:53 | #5 |
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| Thank you ! "Pulling" 4m cat5 cable or 4m printcable trough furniture ... it's a very big difference.
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26th March 2003, 11:27 | #6 |
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| look for ultra-thin Cat5 thinner then telephone cable
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26th March 2003, 12:08 | #8 |
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| does a laptop cost more then a desktop?
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26th March 2003, 15:09 | #10 |
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| I have no clue about the price, or where to get them
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