Dan, If you'll give me the exact HP Part Number (usually a letter of the alphabet followed by 4 numbers, then a letter again and then finally with #ABA if for the US), I'll let you know for sure.
Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems & Peripherals (502) 426-5469 serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:45:07 -0500 Dan Crutcher <dcrutcher at loumag.com> writes: > 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 best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! | 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>.
