I have a 5M on the network at work that works fine. Also have an HP 4100 at home on the network with the Jetdirect server. After installing the drivers, it works fine. Come to think of it, Panther has all the current drivers for HP printers, I believe. Don't know why just the 5 version wouldn't work... Did you check all of your network settings?
> I recently bought off eBay a LaserJet 5 printer that has a JetDirect > J2550 network connector in it. I am trying to get it to work on a Mac > network, but so far have not had success. I have downloaded and > installed drivers from the HP website. In OS 9 the printer does not > appear in the Chooser's list of printers when the LaserWriter 8 driver > is chosen. In OS X it is not found by the Printer Setup Utility when I > try to add a printer. > > On the front of the printer it says just "LaserJet 5", so I presume > that means it is not the 5M model that was specifically designed to > work with Macs. If that is the case would it then absolutely not be > usable on a Mac network -- or are there some tricks I need to try to > get it to work. > > I guess I'm hoping that someone out there has a LaserJet 5 working with > Macs and can help me configure it. Any suggestions are appreciated. > > Dan Crutcher > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. Kind regards, Andy a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu Remember the two most important things in life: 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know 2. The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
