[Info-vax] HP JetDirect question

[H Vlems]

On Dec 31, 3:19 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> 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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I remembered the term from a lease company that tended to use "pre
owned" or something similar to avoid the term second hand.
A classic example of salesman BS, like "an honest car". When used in a
used car lot, make sure you aim for the gate immediately ;-)
Gelukkig en Gezond Nieuwjaar
Hans