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JonSebastian
01-06-2005, 04:12 PM
Have an HP Laserjet 5P connected to a Linux box via its parallel port, but want to be able to connect it to this box and another on a network via a network card.

Is there a network card that will do the job? It would have to have a parallel connector for the printer and an RJ45 connector for the Ethernet router.

Thanks for any help!

HPTECH
01-28-2005, 11:05 AM
You Might be able to use the HP Jetdirect 170X Print Server. I'm not familar with printer setup via linux. Are talking about Red Hat?

gubaguba
08-31-2005, 04:47 PM
Wouldn't the easiest thing to do is set up your linux box as the print server via CUPS and print to it from other machines. I was able to do this it takes some work but cheaper than a network card. Linux is server software make it work for you.