[clue-tech] Need used JetDirect card -- Ethernet J3111A for HP4000

[Rita Gibson]

Jeff Schroeder wrote:

>Rita wrote:
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>>The network card in an old HP Laserjet 4000 Laserjet printer went bad
>>and I'm  looking for a used one.
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>Although I don't have a JetDirect card for you, I found that plugging a 
>USB-capable printer into an old Linux box running CUPS is just as good.  
>It makes a printer that would otherwise be "local" into one that's 
>network-aware.
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>Since it sounds like you have a number of other boxes, if you can't get 
>a card (IIRC they run around $400) and have a USB connection from the 
>HP 4000, you might take that approach.
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>Good luck!
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>Jeff
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Gosh, now that you mention it, I think if it has a parallel port I can 
connect it to one of our thin clients and that will work too. I don't 
know if USB ports were even invented when this thing was manufactured! 
If I can't find a network card at a price we can afford.....

Rita
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