Re: USB print server

Comments inline.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Lukas Beeler <
lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 18:41, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I've got an hp3520 I'd like to network enable on the cheap.

You've got a 35$ printer that you want to attach to a 35$ print server?

I said cheap, didn't I? :)

The reviews don't sound so good though. And there's some question that

the

hp deskjet series is even compatible.

Well, what do you want to print? These are host-based printers, they
usually don't work well with print servers, if they work at all. You
surely won't be able to print to them using HPT, if that's your goal.

Generally, buy a new printer that's NOT a host-based one, with an

integrated network card. These are pretty cheap today (though not
35$). If a printer can do PCL5/6 and PS, they're not host-based.

If you want to use it with your IBM i, check the "support for various
ascii printers" page (google for the phrase, the URL changes all the
time).

I have never heard the term 'host-based printer' before. I had to look it
up. That's what must be the issue with some deskjets not working with
them. I guess I'll look for a cheap network printer. And it's not for use
with the i.

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