Once the HP JetDirect 300x is connected to your network and powered on you can telnet into it to view and change the settings. As noted above, there may be some merit in changing the settings of the HP JetDirect 300x to use a fixed IP number.So if at all possible, when buying an HP JetDirect 300x on Ebay, make sure it comes with the appropriate power supply. The more common yellow tipped connectors are hollow in the centre. Technically it is a “EIAJ-04” as described on WikiPedia and has a yellow tip with a 1mm diameter pin inside it. The power supply connector on the HP JetDirect 300x is not like the ones commonly used for computer peripherals currently.The printer now shows up in the list of printers configured on this computer. I didn’t get a power supply with it, so fortunately in the collection of about 100 various power bricks I’ve accumulated over the years I had one that had the right connector on it (see below). For that I got the print server, and a short parallel printer cable.
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I purchased an HP JetDirect 300x Print Server on Ebay – not for the $250 that the HP page says they cost, but for $5 plus $8 postage to me.
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The workaround was to set up another computer (my FileMaker Server eMac) running Mac OS X 10.4.11 (or one running Mac OS X 10.5.x would have worked too) to share the LaserJet 4MP using Printer Sharing.īut eventually as I upgraded our other computers to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard this wasn’t going to continue working. So after some digging around online I learned that using an HP JetDirect Print Server should allow me to keep the trusty LaserJet 4MP, and get to use the 3 spare $100+ toner cartridges I have on hand for it.
In my case, for many years I have been using my HP LaserJet 4MP (it’s now into its 17th year!!!!) connected to an AsanteTalk box so that the printer could be seen on our home network by any/all computers on the network.īut after I installed Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on my MacBook, that computer could no longer print to the LaserJet. The arrival of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard meant the end of support for AppleTalk (see my previous article on some other aspects of Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”), and so the ability to print from computers running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard directly to printers that used AppleTalk.