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From: Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 96 07:18:00 +1100
Subject: Re: How does a printserver work ...
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 >> Even better, get a Jetdirect card for the HP ; I'm 
 >> pretty sure you can run TCP/IP and ipx simultaneously on 
 >> the ether.  

 > In confirm you can: however, the number of actives 
 > interfaces provided by the JetDirect it depends on the 
 > printer in which you put it. For instance, on a LaserJet 
 > Si/MX and more recent printers, you can use
 > all protocols (NetBIOS, IP, IPX, AppleTalk) and all 
 > interfaces (Serial, Parallel, LocalTalk, JetDirect) 
 > simultaneously, whereas on LaserJet 4 and lower, you have 
 > to choose whether you use the network or the local 
 > interfaces.  

Don't tell my LaserJet 4 that :-).  It quite happily processes data on the
parallel/serial ports (from DOS PCs) and the ethernet port (from FreeBSD, NT4
and Win95 PCs).  

TREV.