[Info-vax] HP JetDirect question

[Richard B. Gilbert]

H Vlems wrote:
> On Dec 31, 2:07 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> H Vlems wrote:
>>> This question is really off topic since it concerns a JetDirect 600N
>>> card (J3113A) for an HP 2100 Laserjet.
>>> Now this laserjet 2100 serves as a printer for my primary VMS system,
>>> so there is a faint connection....
>>> The 600N is a second hand unit and has an existing ip address on it
>>> (172.28.155.241/24). If I telnet to that address on port 9100 then the
>>> printer prints the text I typed in. So the interface is basically
>>> correct.
>>> However the web interface doesn't allow me to change the IP
>>> attributes. The error message in the browser is "device not
>>> connected". I suspect an SNMP or security attribute was set to prevent
>>> ordinary users to modify its set up.
>>> Is there a way to reset the card to factory default values?
>>> Hans
>> Did your "second hand" device come with a CDROM?  It has been at least
>> eight years since I installed a JetDirect card in my LaserJet 4000.
>> AIRC that CDROM contained software with a "click and drool" interface
>> for configuring the printer/JetDirect card.  The disk has a "Unix"
>> directory under which are the directories for various flavors of Unix.
>> The printer serves my PC and my wife's PC, my Alphastation 200, three
>> Solaris/SPARC boxes and a Linux system.
>>
>> If you don't have the software, you could try to buy a disk from HP or
>> maybe you can borrow one somewhere.
> 
> Should I have written "pre-owned" :-), or is "second hand" bad
> English ?

Second hand is correct.  "Pre-owned" will be understood but will sound 
more than a little strange to a native speaker.  "Pre-owned" is an 
attempt to "solve" a problem that most people just ignore.  It's an 
expression that a "Used Car Dealer" might use.


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