On 11/14/04 03:01 pm Ed Durrant put fingers to keyboard and launched the 
following message into cyberspace:

>  > We have an HP Officejet all-in-one (color printer/FAX/scanner/copier)
>  > for which a suitable OS/2 driver is reportedly available.

>   Please let us all know if you get this working. AFAIK there's very few
> All-in-ones that have OS/2 drivers ! Of course this would probably be
> print-only and the scanning function would be a separate problem.

To clarify: the machine is an Officejet 7130, and I have been told that 
the OS/2 driver for the OJ 91xx series (described by HP as usable with 
OS/2; that printer is included in a recent Laserjet driver pack) will 
work. And yes: I was talking only about printing.

>  > 2. HP Ethernet Print Server that plugs into the machine (and why is
>  > there a special model for use with non-Windows computers? Doesn't OS/2
>  > communicate using the same protocols as Windows?);

>   Be very careful ! When something say's it's Windows-Only, this usually
> means it's a "Host printer" aka "Win-Printer" it
relies on running a Win32
> program on the PC to control everything rather than doing it in it's own
> processor. These printer will normally not work with OS/2 or Linux.

I meant that there is a special version of the Print Server (not of the 
printer itself) for operating systems other than Windoozzze.

> The "old" HP Jetdirect, used to work with OS/2 but these
were the parrallel
> / serial port versions not the USB ones.

>  > 3. Linksys/Netgear/Belkin (etc.) print server, either wired or wireless.
>  >
>  > Advice please.
>  >
> 
>    I Guess the other option would be an ethernet card in the all-in-one
> device, if it supports one - again this would only help with printing not
> scanning etc.

The Print Servers referred to above  -- Jetdirect 200m (Windozzze and 
Mac) and 250m (Win, Mac, Netware, OS/2, AIx, LPD, etc.) -- plugs into 
the LIO (whatever that means) slot in the machine and has an Ethernet 
connector. We are using an HP Laserjet 2200 with an internal Print 
Server connected to the Ethernet network, and that works fine.

-=-
Alan



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