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From: Michael B. Smith
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 11:03

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In article <greggh.0bcg@laserage.DIALix.oz.au> greggh@laserage.DIALix.oz.au (Gregory Helleren) writes:
> I'm about to take delivery of an HP5MP laser jet printer which I intend to
> connect to the host of my A4000 network. I don't see any major problems, as
> I've already exported an ink jet printer to a client machine using envoy.
>
> I would like to free up the server's parallel port by connecting the HP
> directly to the network. The HP has parallel, serial and apple talk. What
> hardware (short of a dedicated PC) can I use to connect the HP to ethernet?
>
> If I do manage to connect the HP to ethernet, I guess envoy will still
> spool client print jobs to a server. How would I configure the HP as a
> server? Should I notice any degradation in overall network performance while
> a client is printing?

HP4's have an "lpr" option, I don't know about 5's. You give an HP4 an IP
address, and it'll sit on the network talking the standard "lpr" protocol
quite happily.

You do need to have lpr though.
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  //   Michael B. Smith
\X/    mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us

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