DirectJet card in 4si mx with W2000--not working

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The test page reports an IP address and so on. Seems to be set for the
10baseT connector, and so on. I have set this up in the printer
definition as a port but nothing is doing. Can't ping the printer.

I can only find patchy info on the HP support site. In one place there
is mention of terminating resistors on the BNC connector. Are these needed?

There is also mention of a DLC protocol so I installed this in W2000.

Can anyone advise me how to make this work?

Thanks.

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1.Make sure you can ping the tcpip address from the machine your printing
from.

2. Make sure the printer driver is set to a TCP/IP port and not LPT!

3. you might have to delete and reinstall the printer driver by having is
look on the network by putting in the ip address is step one is good.

David Drury
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personx said:
The test page reports an IP address and so on. Seems to be set for the
10baseT connector, and so on. I have set this up in the printer
definition as a port but nothing is doing. Can't ping the printer.
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Is the JetDirect IP address in the same subnet as your computer? In
other words, the first three numbers of a dotted quad have to be the
same. For example, if your computer is 192.168.1.10, the printer could
be 192.168.1.20.
I can only find patchy info on the HP support site. In one place there
is mention of terminating resistors on the BNC connector. Are these needed?
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Only if you are using the BNC connector. I know of a couple of
JetDirect EXs with both ports that definitely don't have or need the BNC
terminators when the RJ45 is being used.
There is also mention of a DLC protocol so I installed this in W2000.
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Don't, it's not needed and obsolete.
Can anyone advise me how to make this work?
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Basic overview:

Set computer and JetDirect to be in the same subnet, as above.

Use Add Printer on the W2K machine; choose "local printer", choose
Create A New Port, choose Standard TCP/IP Port, enter the printer IP
address, then choose the printer driver.
 
I can only find patchy info on the HP support site. In one place there
is mention of terminating resistors on the BNC connector. Are these needed?
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If your network is via 10BaseT (coax with BNC connectors), then both
ends of the entire line must be terminated with a resistor, but
nothing in the middle. Everything in the middle is connected with just
a T-connector. Actually, the ends are T-connectors also, but the final
end of the T-connector has the terminator in it.

In the following diagram, =|= is a T-connector, * is a terminator, C
is a computer, and P is a printer. I just put some random Ps and Cs in
the chain for demonstration purposes; you can have as many devices as
you want, in any order (well, within reason). View with a monospaced
font.

P C C P C C
*=|=----=|=----=|=----=|=----=|=----=|=*

In the above network, every device (P or C) must have a unique IP
address and must be on the same subnet. Once configured, any device
can communicate with any other device. The line is a continuous chain,
and you can pull any device off the chain without affecting the
communication because you just pull the device off the stub on the
T-connector, leaving the cable still continuous through the
T-connector..

If you're familiar with a SCSI bus, it's the same concept. The reason
for the termination on the ends of the chain is to stop the signal
from being echoed back on the line, which could cause all kinds of
mayhem. You may be able to get away without termination, but it's a
really bad idea and asking for trouble.

However. if you can't ping the printer, then the problem is not the
lack of termination. Even without termination you should be able to
get a response of some kind. The problem is most likely in the setup,
but in the past I've had problems with bad cables and even a JetDirect
card that went south.
 
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