JetDirect EX print server

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Fri Jun 13 04:31:00 2003

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, chris wrote:

> Does anyone have a manual to an HP JetDirect EX print server device?
> Specifically model number J2382.
How many of those would you like to have? :)

Seriously.. one of my customers used to have ~600 PC's,
most of which had their own printer. Yes yes, I know,
that is/was insane.

So, beiong the great consultant I am, I advised him to
move towards disconnecting printers from individual
workstations, and connect printers to the LAN instead,
using.. you guessed it.. JetDirect (EX) boxes.

OK. Sometimes, though, I feel like I should have become
a baker or something, cos... when I (later) returned to
that customer, they were VERY proud of themselves while
showing me the good work they did, as I suggested....

THEY REPLACED EVERY DIRECT CONNECTION WITH A JETDIRECT !

*THUNK*

Yes. They ordered ~500 or so of these thingers, and did
the change to each installed printer. So, basically, each
PC had its own printer [still], just connected through a
JetDirect box. Arggh!

[pause to let yall laugh yerselves silly]

Anyway. When revamping that place later, I took a bunch of
em home, obviously. So, I have the manuals for both the
standard JetDirect (white-ish box), the 1-port EX (brown
box) and 3-port EX (larger brown box.)

Lemme know which one you need - I dont have the HP numbers
handy here...

And: yes, keep the TEST button depressed for 12 seconds while
powering it up, and it SHOULD reset. I said "should", because
many of the earlier firmware versions were buggy as hell.

--fred
Received on Fri Jun 13 2003 - 04:31:00 BST