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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.ci.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!nsw.news.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!f400.n712!f515.n712!f401.n711!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Distribution: world X-Comment-To: Frederic.Marand@osinet.fr 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 ... Message-ID: <2371108417@f401.n711.z3.ftn> Organization: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia X-FTN-AREA: COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.MISC X-FTN-Tearline: QM v1.30 X-FTN-Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401.0) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 711/401 501 712/400 515 X-FTN-PATH: 711/401 712/515 X-FTN-PATH: 712/400 Lines: 21 >> 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.