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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!pasteur.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-angers.fr!univ-rennes1.fr!irisa.fr!not-for-mail From: Bertrand Decouty <Bertrand.Decouty@irisa.fr> Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HP JetDirect (2552A): Serious LPD bug Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 09:40:33 +0100 Organization: IRISA-INRIA, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, FRANCE Lines: 25 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <331BE001.1760@irisa.fr> References: <5f0ou4$luc@chronicle.concentric.net> <5fa721$2j8@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: hollywood.irisa.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.printers:60449 comp.sys.sun.admin:82869 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36493 J Wunsch wrote: > > Alas, while it's very easy to get new firmware, put it into your > /tftpboot directory etc., it turned out to be absolutely impossible to > actually _upgrade_ such a beast. > > The mess starts with HP using some sort of proprietary protocol that > will cause the JetDirect to actually download the firmware. Hence, > they are providing idiot-prove upgrade tools that apparently only > idiots can use. I must be an "idiot" because i have issued in upgrading all of the JetDirect cards we have here (HP3Si, HP4, HP5). So your comments are totally false. Sorry... You are too much "intelligent" :-) PS: i do not work for HP. I am only a satisfied customer :-) -- | Bertrand DECOUTY | EMAIL : Bertrand.Decouty@irisa.fr | | IRISA - INRIA (Atelier) | PHONE : 0299847346 / 0299847100 | | Campus de Beaulieu | FAX : 0299847171 | | F-35042 Rennes Cedex - FRANCE | http://www.irisa.fr/ |