HP sells a wireless print server that works very, very well with OS X, in my experience. It doesn't work with all of their printers, so check the compatibility list:
http://h20022.www2.hp.com/busprod/overview/0,12512,series=66389%5Etype=13037%5Ecategory=64230,00.html?lsidebarLayId=106&rsidebarLayId=63 or http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/support_doc/bpj06997.html ...if the URL doesn't work for you, just go to www.hp.com and search for wp110. I have an older wp100 model here, and HP wrote a firmware updater to make it Mac OS X savvy just in time for MacWorld NYC last July. It works great in a mixed X and 9.1 environment. David Kerwood The Naval Undersea Warfare Center http://www.nuwc.navy.mil/ > ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2002 18:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: printing in 10.2 w stylus photo 700 w/out usb! > > > Would you describe this cable for me? "parallel cable from my router!" > > I am looking for a solution to using a HP LaserJet 6MP via Jaquar, > > It means they have some kind of router (probably an ADSL or > cablemodem one) which contains a network print server. If you don't have > one, it's no help, unless you're prepared to buy a printserver - or a > router with one integrated! > > Macs don't support parallel ports. But OS X does support printing to a > network printserver. So, attach a parallel printer to such a printserver, > and as long as you have a driver, you're working. > > A print server is a device for corporate networks. It's a tiny dedicated > box that plugs into Ethernet on one side and a printer on the other, so a > printer can be directly attached to the network rather than to a PC. Some > high-end printers come with them built in; in other words, the printer has > an Ethernet port on the back. > > There are several ways of talking to a print server. Many manufacturers > use proprietary drivers; HP's system used to use the old mainframe network > protocol DLC and kept that ancient system alive for decades after everyone > else forgot it. Also Novell's IPX/SPX system is widespread. > > However, now everyone is converging on TCP/IP. That can still mean a > variety of APIs but the Unix LPR/LPD system is very common. > > So you need a print server that talks TCP/IP (or Appletalk, I suppose) and > can be addressed by a standard OS X understands: LPR/LPD or whatever else > CUPS knows about. I don't know a list of supported standards, I'm afraid. > > HTH. > > -- > Liam Proven * http://welcome.to/liamsweb > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
