dmjd@gauss.UUCP (Daniel Devasirvatham 21321) (03/14/91)
Subject: Moving HP Laserjets to Ethernet We have several HP laserjet printers (+ II & III) which are now running off serial links to System V computers. I am trying to work out a simple way to move them to ethernet. They will then be driven by an existing Vax (Ultrix 4) installation on the ethernet backbone, which already has postscript and transcript software. So, rather than trying to install new hp downloadable fonts etc, we would like to make these hp laserjets look like postscript printers. What hardware is available to interface GPIB/HPIB or RS232 to ethernet tcp/ip (thick lan) ? This could be either a standalone box or a card that replaces the current interface card in the laserjets. Hp makes a box (expensive) which seems to be tailored to Novell Nets only. Also, would such an interface require special driver software on the host ultrix computer ? Note that I do not not want to use a printer server and serial links since the printers are scattered in various locations. Hp also makes a postscript cartridge for the laserjet. We have the 2 MB memories need to use it. There are also cartridges made by Adobe and Pacific Data. Will plugging this in make the hp laserjets look like postscript printers to the outside world, or would they still need to be sent special escape sequences etc ? In short, would we need hp laserjet drivers for ultrix ? Are there any other alternatives ? Replies could be sent either to the net or the email address below. Thanks in advance. Daniel Devasirvatham dmjd@nyquist.bellcore.com