How to Network a Parallel Port Printer?

> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Google for printservers. For example:
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PrintServers/WiredPrintServers/PS101.aspx

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On Oct 10, 1:39 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
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> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?

Go to any computer store and ask for a "HP JetDirect Print Server".
Won't be really cheap, these tend to be sold to corporate customers
with really heavy duty printers they want to share over their
corporate network, not folks with old printers sitting in the closet.
I think the HP 170x series starts around $150.

HP printers that aren't hopelessly old or low-end can take a JetDirect
card that plugs in a slot in the back.

Tim.

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Nobody - 10 Oct 2007 21:22 GMT

>> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> Go to any computer store and ask for a "HP JetDirect Print Server".

And make sure it's behind a firewall; JetDirect has the most bug-ridden
TCP/IP stack known to man.

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.

Buy a new one that is already networked! Cheaper and Simpler!!

I am happy with my Canon PIXMA IP4000R.

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Jim Thompson - 10 Oct 2007 19:01 GMT

>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>
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>
>I am happy with my Canon PIXMA IP4000R.

Just ordered an hp LaserJet P2015DN, but I have also an old hp1120C
and a Stika stencil cutter that I'd like to get off of my desk.

...Jim Thompson

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Joel Kolstad - 10 Oct 2007 19:16 GMT

> Just ordered an hp LaserJet P2015DN, but I have also an old hp1120C
> and a Stika stencil cutter that I'd like to get off of my desk.

If you're looking to replace the 1120C (nice printer, certainly), an OfficeJet
K850DN (D=duplexing, N=networked) is what I have and I've been pretty happy
with it. The only surprise was that it's actually slower than many
letter-sized printers -- I guess there isn't as much competition for speed in
thiese larger-format printers.

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Jim Thompson - 10 Oct 2007 19:31 GMT

>> Just ordered an hp LaserJet P2015DN, but I have also an old hp1120C
>> and a Stika stencil cutter that I'd like to get off of my desk.
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>letter-sized printers -- I guess there isn't as much competition for speed in
>thiese larger-format printers.

Nice! How well does the duplexing work?

The 1120C is my wife's and has seen HEAVY duty printing Girl Scout
stuff ;-) So it's feed mechanism is wearing out.

...Jim Thompson

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Joel Kolstad - 10 Oct 2007 20:01 GMT

> Nice! How well does the duplexing work?

Quite well; I haven't had any problem with it. The only thing to be aware of
is that, since it's an ink jet, after it prints side 1 it just sits there
waiting for the ink to dry before it pulls it back in and prints the second
side. That makes it slower to print, e.g., 10 duplex sheet than to perform
manual duplexing (print all the odd pages, flip the stack over, print all the
even pages), but it's still worth it to me (I guess I'm usually not in that
big of a hurry...).

For 13"x19", I've found that it is sensitive to paper alignment: It is
possible to load the paper crooked enough that it'll just sit there and ram
the paper into the side of the carriage, eventually ripping it. I've learned
to be careful about this (besides loading the paper and straight as possible,
the trick seems to be allowing a little bit of play in the paper guide -- not
having it jammed all the way up right next to the paper's edge) and haven't
torn a sheet in quite some time. It reminds me of the older D-sized HP roll
paper plotters that had the exact same problem -- if you didn't get the paper
very, very close to perfectly square, the paper would slowly drift towards the
edge and eventually rip.

---Joel

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Joerg - 10 Oct 2007 20:18 GMT

>>Nice! How well does the duplexing work?
>
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> very, very close to perfectly square, the paper would slowly drift towards the
> edge and eventually rip.

Ink jet can get rather expensive for high-volume users like Jim's wife.

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Joel Kolstad - 10 Oct 2007 21:41 GMT

> Ink jet can get rather expensive for high-volume users like Jim's wife.

Yes, certainly true. The K850 series do use large ink tanks, so at least it's
cheap relative to most other inkjets. (Hence it's cheaper than cheap laser
printers, albeit unlikely to be cheaper than true business-class lasers.)

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Jim Thompson - 10 Oct 2007 20:19 GMT

>> Nice! How well does the duplexing work?
>
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>
>---Joel

Sounds familiar. I made an external guide for the straight thru feed
on the 1120C to ensure squareness... particularly an issue with card
stock.

...Jim Thompson

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Joel Kolstad - 10 Oct 2007 21:43 GMT

> Sounds familiar. I made an external guide for the straight thru feed
> on the 1120C to ensure squareness... particularly an issue with card
> stock.

Good to know it's not just my particular printer then! Although too bad that
HP apparently hasn't improved the design much.

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Jim Thompson - 18 Oct 2007 02:44 GMT

>> Sounds familiar. I made an external guide for the straight thru feed
>> on the 1120C to ensure squareness... particularly an issue with card
>> stock.
>
>Good to know it's not just my particular printer then! Although too bad that
>HP apparently hasn't improved the design much.

Nice printer!

Thanks for the recommendation!

Haven't read the "manual" yet, but I take it, for straight through
printing of card stock, you have to snap out the duplex adapter and
snap in the regular feed??

...Jim Thompson

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Joel Koltner - 18 Oct 2007 17:17 GMT

Hi Jim,

It's actually "Joel Koltner" these days -- my wife and I merged our last names
together when we were married a little over a month ago now.

> Haven't read the "manual" yet, but I take it, for straight through
> printing of card stock, you have to snap out the duplex adapter and
> snap in the regular feed??

So they say -- h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/product_pdfs/1101941.pdf
has a picture of it being used to feed stock straight-through, although I've
never actually used it for thick stock myself.

---Joel

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Jim Thompson - 18 Oct 2007 18:13 GMT

>Hi Jim,
>
>It's actually "Joel Koltner" these days -- my wife and I merged our last names
>together when we were married a little over a month ago now.

Congratulations! May you have a long and happy life together! My
wife and I are nearing our 48th anniversary, and #8 grandchild is due
momentarily ;-)

>> Haven't read the "manual" yet, but I take it, for straight through
>> printing of card stock, you have to snap out the duplex adapter and
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>
>---Joel

Yep. I looked over "ug.pdf" on the install CD and found it.

...Jim Thompson

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petrus bitbyter - 10 Oct 2007 22:50 GMT

>>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>>
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> Just ordered an hp LaserJet P2015DN, but I have also an old hp1120C
> and a Stika stencil cutter that I'd like to get off of my desk.

...Jim Thompson

Well, HP has a nice solution: The HP Jetdirect 170x. They have more, more
expensive solutions as well. My local computer store has much cheaper
parallel printer servers. (About 50 Euro). Personally I fired up an old
WIN98 engine with some adapter cards. It served me well for the printers.
The scanner gave some problems however.

petrus bitbyter

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> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.

Don't you have the SMC Barricade router like I do? It should have a LPT
port built in. Might be useful if you can live with a somewhat generic
driver and your printer isn't too exotic.

I'll have to do the same thing for a little HP-5L here because the new
puter don't have no LPT port no more :-(

The big one is a Brother 7820N which dwelleth on a LAN port, Very practical.

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Jim Thompson - 10 Oct 2007 19:05 GMT

>> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>
>> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
>Don't you have the SMC Barricade router like I do? It should have a LPT
>port built in.

Yep. But it's croaking... reboot required more than once per day.

Just ordered a new LinkSys BEFSR81.

>Might be useful if you can live with a somewhat generic
>driver and your printer isn't too exotic.
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>
>The big one is a Brother 7820N which dwelleth on a LAN port, Very practical.

...Jim Thompson

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Joerg - 10 Oct 2007 19:20 GMT

>>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>>
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> Yep. But it's croaking... reboot required more than once per day.

Maybe reflash the EEPROM in there? Might be worth to download the latest
firmware and give it a shot. I've heard people with older models had
problems requiring frequent rebooting and this fixed it at least for
some of them.

http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=downloads.searchCriteria&localeCode=EN_USA

> Just ordered a new LinkSys BEFSR81.

I had a LinkSys before that. Didn't work well, support could not figure
out why, returned it within the week.

>>Might be useful if you can live with a somewhat generic
>>driver and your printer isn't too exotic.
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>>
>>The big one is a Brother 7820N which dwelleth on a LAN port, Very practical.

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On Oct 10, 10:39 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:

> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
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> America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

Put the printer, plus a networked computer (with a parallel port!
that's very important!), monitor, keyboard, and mouse in the closet.
Make sure nothing is obstructing the computer's ventilation holes.
Enable file and print sharing on the computer. When you want to print
a document from your laptop, walk over to the closet and power up the
computer and printer.

Or just buy a print server, as Mr. Shah brilliantly suggested.

(grin)

Michael

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As other have mentioned, what you want is a print server. Here's the list of
what Newegg has, sorted by "best ratings:"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010130387&bop=And&O
rder=RATING .
Ignore the USB-only ones (which these days are more popular than parallel port
versions!), of course, and decide whether you want it to be wireless or not
for the network connectivity.

I've only had a few over time, having instead switched to printers with the
network interface built-in over the past few years. :-) I do know that the
D-Link DP-301P+ and Netgear PS101 are popular models -- they're likely to be
available at, e.g., Best Buy of Fry's. My mother has one of the Buffalo
LPV3-U2 which has worked well for her, but that's a USB-only model.

---Joel

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mrdarrett@gmail.com - 10 Oct 2007 19:22 GMT

On Oct 10, 11:03 am, "Joel Kolstad" <JKolstad71HatesS...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> As other have mentioned, what you want is a print server. Here's the list of
> what Newegg has, sorted by "best ratings:"http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=201013038....
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>
> ---Joel

My wife caught me talking to myself (sometimes I'm the only one who
will listen!) while I was in the shower. I said, "two cents". So she
asked me what that was all about. I told her I was doing an economic
analysis; $50 for a print server, versus a maximum of two cents' worth
of electricity, each time I fire up the server in my office, if I
print a document from my laptop.

$50... two cents... $50... two cents...

Michael

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I would use one of your network computers, one that is not used all that
heavily as the print server.

Install the printer normally and then share it with your local network. If
you don't have a working parallel port on the computer, USB to parallel
(bi-directional) converters can be had fairly inexpensively.

All users should be able to use the printer (or not as you set permissions).

>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
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> America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 11 Oct 2007 02:05 GMT

>I would use one of your network computers, one that is not used all that
>heavily as the print server.
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>>
>> America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

Yes. Standard windows share functions usually work great.

My NET USE suggestion allowed us to even use DOS apps which typically
specifically look for things attached directly to specific ports.

Either way, a dedicated box to print from is the right way. He could
also use it as a mail gateway, and stop all the local machine hack
attempts that way.

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
>I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

You can get little print server boxes for <$70. DLink, and others,
make them. If your printer is an HP and it can scan, then you need a
HP Jetdirect print server for $300, or whatever they cost these days,
to support the bidirectional communications.

Mark

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
>I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.

Google "parallel print server" ... quite a selection of products are
available. Even WiFi parallel printer servers.

Regards
Anton Erasmus

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 11 Oct 2007 02:07 GMT

>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
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>Regards
> Anton Erasmus

Yes, if he is on a wireless LAN, there are plenty out there. Most
won't allow the HP utility functions or print job feedback communications
to occur though.

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> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

If you've got an old dinosaur PC lying around, you could turn it into a
print server. The last machine I used for that was a P60 with 64MB ram
- it also works as a file server.

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robb - 11 Oct 2007 01:30 GMT

> > I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
> >
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> print server. The last machine I used for that was a P60 with 64MB ram
> - it also works as a file server.

P60 wasn't that also known as the "fire hazard" :)
that *was* just a joke (although true), sorry could not resist ,
robb

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> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

How 'bout getting this plus a USB-LPT adapter:

http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/external-device-servers/ubox.html

USB-LPT used to be available at Walmart for under $20 but their web site
seems to be toast right now. Again. No idea if such a combo works but
per the Lantronix ad there is a good chance that it might. Then you
could hang all kinds of other stuff onto this box.

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Ecnerwal - 10 Oct 2007 22:55 GMT

> > I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
> >
> > I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
> >
> > ...Jim Thompson

Buy a 50 foot (or whatever it takes, that was the longest one I recall
seeing when I bought a 25 foot one last year to solve a similar problem)
parallel printer cable, unless you have some other reason to want to
network it - but if the logical PC as print server is not also going to
live in the closet, it still might be the cheaper solution.

If that seems like an expensive solution, shop better - some places
charge way too much for cables.

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 11 Oct 2007 02:08 GMT

>> > I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>> >
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>network it - but if the logical PC as print server is not also going to
>live in the closet, it still might be the cheaper solution.

25 feet is the max for parallel port cabling, unless a line extender
gets introduced.

>If that seems like an expensive solution, shop better - some places
>charge way too much for cables.

A dedicated PC to serve through a short cable is cheaper than some
cables I've seen.

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Michael A. Terrell - 11 Oct 2007 13:28 GMT

> > > I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
> > >
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> If that seems like an expensive solution, shop better - some places
> charge way too much for cables.

I have boxes of parallel printer cables stacked in the storage
building. Let me know if anyone needs any. Standard, and long ones,
free, if you pay shipping.

Also, there are plenty of DB25 and DE9 serial cables in various
lengths. The same deal, you only pay for shipping, if you can use
them. When I get caught up on the 'Computers for Veterans' project, I
am going to thin the cable herd, and sell the scrap copper.

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 12 Oct 2007 04:53 GMT

>> > > I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>> > >
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>them. When I get caught up on the 'Computers for Veterans' project, I
>am going to thin the cable herd, and sell the scrap copper.

Oh boy! That's just great for the environment, considering that the
idiots that reclaim the Copper in those cables BURN the insulation off to
get at the Copper!

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
>I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Jim, what server are you using, if any?

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Jim Thompson - 10 Oct 2007 23:34 GMT

>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>
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>
>Jim, what server are you using, if any?

Everything is plugged into an 8-port router (SMC Barricade) right now.

...Jim Thompson

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Jamie - 11 Oct 2007 01:10 GMT

>>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>>
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>
> ...Jim Thompson

did you look on the back and see if it has a P-port?
mine does.
of course, I only have a 8 port with a WAN port, but I also have a 9
pin serial port for an external dial up modem :) I was using that before
I got high speed at the house.
Got kind of slow how ever, when the kids wanted to down load MP3's
and all.

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 11 Oct 2007 02:09 GMT

> of course, I only have a 8 port with a WAN port, but I also have a 9
>pin serial port for an external dial up modem :) I was using that before
>I got high speed at the house.
> Got kind of slow how ever, when the kids wanted to down load MP3's
>and all.

No sh.t! Smack 'em!

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Jamie - 12 Oct 2007 02:29 GMT

>> of course, I only have a 8 port with a WAN port, but I also have a 9
>>pin serial port for an external dial up modem :) I was using that before
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>
> No sh.t! Smack 'em!

I wish, one of them is big enough to give me a work out! And i'm
no slouch.:)

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 12 Oct 2007 05:07 GMT

>>> of course, I only have a 8 port with a WAN port, but I also have a 9
>>>pin serial port for an external dial up modem :) I was using that before
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>I wish, one of them is big enough to give me a work out! And i'm
>no slouch.:)

Hehehehe... steal his playback devices, and hide 'em. :-]

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> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

My SMC router has a parallel port for a printer to be used as a
network printer.

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Jim Thompson - 11 Oct 2007 01:55 GMT

>> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>
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> My SMC router has a parallel port for a printer to be used as a
>network printer.

So does my Barricade, but I want to move some of this pile out of my
office ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 11 Oct 2007 02:11 GMT

>>> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>>
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>
> ...Jim Thompson

Get longer net cabling and move the router and the printer out of
proximity then.

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?

Use the Net Use command in a DOS box from windows.

Share the printer on the windows box it is on.

Give it a share name.

The code:

For starters, type "net use ?" without the quotes of course.

for coding it, type:

Net use LPT1 \\sharename

You also delete it later. It may default to persistent, which takes
that physical local port out of your control.

Then all print jobs sent to LPT1 on that machine go to the shared
printer over the net.

You have to have that printer's driver set in place, and nothing
actually attached to LPT1 (if so, use LPT2).

>I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
>I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.

Well, the simplest way is to put it on a computer with a printer port
and then network share it.

> ...Jim Thompson

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Don Bowey - 11 Oct 2007 06:34 GMT

On 10/10/07 6:50 PM, in article 790rg3lv10jatbokghiedqp2k2dp0rs077@4ax.com,

>> I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>
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>
>> ...Jim Thompson

The most simple way is to buy a wireless or ethernet print server ($40 to
$100 or so), and send the print jobs to it's address. There are other
similar options that also don't require the printer to be connected to a
computer.

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flipper - 11 Oct 2007 10:11 GMT

>On 10/10/07 6:50 PM, in article 790rg3lv10jatbokghiedqp2k2dp0rs077@4ax.com,
>
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>similar options that also don't require the printer to be connected to a
>computer.

I got nothing against that but it depends on how you define 'simple',
I guess. and if the computer is there you plug it in for no cost and
that, to me, is simple.

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
>I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Jim
I use a TrendNet 10/100Mbps Parallel Print Server
TE100-P1P hooked up to an HP DJ890C printer and no problems.

http://www.trendnet.com/products/f_printservers.htm

Purchased at SWS Electronics here in Tucson.
Also have a USB to Network server as well.
I had to change the address on both of them to the local networks addressing.
Dave Foreman

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
>I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

I have been using print servers for many years now for POS printers.
Seen them come and go. If I can offer one piece of advice, go with
dlink. They have been the most reliable units I have used, and trust
me I have seen many thousands go out the door over theyears.

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 11 Oct 2007 13:12 GMT

>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>
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>dlink. They have been the most reliable units I have used, and trust
>me I have seen many thousands go out the door over theyears.

Thousands? Want to exaggerate a bit more for us?

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The Real Andy - 12 Oct 2007 14:54 GMT

>>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>>
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>
> Thousands? Want to exaggerate a bit more for us?

Sure schoolboy. I have worked in hardware and software for only a
short time compared to most here, but i still have 20 odd years on
you.

Thousands is a guess, probably even more.

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ChairmanOfTheBored - 13 Oct 2007 02:56 GMT

>>>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>>>
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>
>Thousands is a guess, probably even more.

You must be a true utter retard to have "gone though" "thousands of
network print servers".

I have been doing it for more than 20 years, idiot.

You probably don't even know what a line printer is.

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The Real Andy - 14 Oct 2007 09:46 GMT

>>>>>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>>>>>
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> You must be a true utter retard to have "gone though" "thousands of
>network print servers".

LEts see, if I have 2000 sites, and 1 print server per site, that
would be 2000 print servers (thousands)? Correct? Now considering I
have more than 2000 thousand sites, and somes sites have more than 1
print server, then I guess its perfectly sane to say that I have gone
through thousands of print servers.

> I have been doing it for more than 20 years, idiot.

I am sure you have..

> You probably don't even know what a line printer is.

Actaully, one of my customers still uses line printers.

They also still have a drum printer in their museum. Google it, you
will find out what it is.

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>I there any simple way to adapt a parallel port printer to a network?
>
> I'd like to move a printer to a closet and get it out of the way.

If your PC's are on a lan and all running windows(linux may support it too)
you can use printer sharing. Printer only needs to be hooked up to one pc
and the rest can print to it. In this case you don't even need to buy
anything.

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Electronics Forum / CAD / October 2007

How to Network a Parallel Port Printer?