LaserJet 3100 for Network

Hello there,

it's long time ago, that I used the Usenet. So today again: :-)

Since quite a while I am trying to find a way to connect my LaserJet 3100

to my local Network via a printserver. HP (any many others) do tell me
that this is not possible, because of the way the printer works (It's a
host based / GDI printer). But some people mentioned that there may be
way, because the LaserJet 3150 which is almost the same instrument does
work as a network printer.

So is there anybody out there who has an idea how to do this, or already
succeeded in networking the 3100.

Any help is very highly appriciated.

Regards, Ulli

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In article <MPG.1a6535bcfe7d9b69989686@192.168.0.5>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Hello there,
>
> it's long time ago, that I used the Usenet. So today again: :-)
>
> Since quite a while I am trying to find a way to connect my LaserJet 3100
>
> to my local Network via a printserver. HP (any many others) do tell me
> that this is not possible, because of the way the printer works (It's a
> host based / GDI printer). But some people mentioned that there may be
> way, because the LaserJet 3150 which is almost the same instrument does
> work as a network printer.
>
> So is there anybody out there who has an idea how to do this, or already
> succeeded in networking the 3100.
>
> Any help is very highly appriciated.
>
> Regards, Ulli
>

In article <MPG.1a65364d6e45fc18989687@192.168.0.5>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Hey folks, my e-mail is mentioned wrong !
> Correct is: (E-Mail Removed)
>
>
> In article <MPG.1a6535bcfe7d9b69989686@192.168.0.5>,
Hey folks, my e-mail is mentioned wrong !
Correct is: (E-Mail Removed)

> (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > Hello there,
> >
> > it's long time ago, that I used the Usenet. So today again: :-)
> >
> > Since quite a while I am trying to find a way to connect my LaserJet 3100
> >
> > to my local Network via a printserver. HP (any many others) do tell me
> > that this is not possible, because of the way the printer works (It's a
> > host based / GDI printer). But some people mentioned that there may be
> > way, because the LaserJet 3150 which is almost the same instrument does
> > work as a network printer.
> >
> > So is there anybody out there who has an idea how to do this, or already
> > succeeded in networking the 3100.
> >
> > Any help is very highly appriciated.
> >
> > Regards, Ulli
> >
>

Ulrich Thoenes wrote:
> In article <MPG.1a65364d6e45fc18989687@192.168.0.5>, (E-Mail Removed)
> says...
>
>>Hey folks, my e-mail is mentioned wrong !
>>Correct is: (E-Mail Removed)
>>
>>
>>In article <MPG.1a6535bcfe7d9b69989686@192.168.0.5>,
>
> Hey folks, my e-mail is mentioned wrong !
> Correct is: (E-Mail Removed)
>
>
>>(E-Mail Removed) says...
>>
>>>Hello there,
>>>
>>>it's long time ago, that I used the Usenet. So today again: :-)
>>>
>>>Since quite a while I am trying to find a way to connect my LaserJet 3100
>>>
>>>to my local Network via a printserver. HP (any many others) do tell me
>>>that this is not possible, because of the way the printer works (It's a
>>>host based / GDI printer). But some people mentioned that there may be
>>>way, because the LaserJet 3150 which is almost the same instrument does
>>>work as a network printer.
>>>
>>>So is there anybody out there who has an idea how to do this, or already
>>>succeeded in networking the 3100.
>>>
>>>Any help is very highly appriciated.
>>>
>>>Regards, Ulli
>>>
>>


You can download the user manuals for both 3100 and 3150 here.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...2&locale=en_US
Jim

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Ulrich Thoenes wrote:
> > In article <MPG.1a65364d6e45fc18989687@192.168.0.5>, (E-Mail Removed)
> > says...
> >
> >>Hey folks, my e-mail is mentioned wrong !
> >>Correct is: (E-Mail Removed)
> >>
> >>
> >>In article <MPG.1a6535bcfe7d9b69989686@192.168.0.5>,
> >
> > Hey folks, my e-mail is mentioned wrong !
> > Correct is: (E-Mail Removed)
> >
> >
> >>(E-Mail Removed) says...
> >>
> >>>Hello there,
> >>>
> >>>it's long time ago, that I used the Usenet. So today again: :-)
> >>>
> >>>Since quite a while I am trying to find a way to connect my LaserJet 3100
> >>>
> >>>to my local Network via a printserver. HP (any many others) do tell me
> >>>that this is not possible, because of the way the printer works (It's a
> >>>host based / GDI printer). But some people mentioned that there may be
> >>>way, because the LaserJet 3150 which is almost the same instrument does
> >>>work as a network printer.
> >>>
> >>>So is there anybody out there who has an idea how to do this, or already
> >>>succeeded in networking the 3100.
> >>>
> >>>Any help is very highly appriciated.
> >>>
> >>>Regards, Ulli
> >>>
> >>
>
>
> You can download the user manuals for both 3100 and 3150 here.
>
> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...2&locale=en_US
> Jim
>
>
Thx, Jim for the hint, I've already got both, but they don't give a
solution.

Ulli

Ulrich Thoenes wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> it's long time ago, that I used the Usenet. So today again: :-)
>
> Since quite a while I am trying to find a way to connect my LaserJet 3100
>
> to my local Network via a printserver. HP (any many others) do tell me
> that this is not possible, because of the way the printer works (It's a
> host based / GDI printer). But some people mentioned that there may be
> way, because the LaserJet 3150 which is almost the same instrument does
> work as a network printer.
>
> So is there anybody out there who has an idea how to do this, or already
> succeeded in networking the 3100.
>
> Any help is very highly appriciated.
>
> Regards, Ulli

Unfortunately, your concerns are right. This printer is just meant to
be a directly connected win printer.

Here is a link to a web page from linuxprinting.org. This site has an
extensive printer database and the following is for LJ3100.

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...-LaserJet_3100

take care,
sunny

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 14:11:37 -0800, sunny <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ulrich Thoenes wrote:
>
>> Hello there,
>>
>> it's long time ago, that I used the Usenet. So today again: :-)
>>
>> Since quite a while I am trying to find a way to connect my LaserJet 3100
>>
>> to my local Network via a printserver. HP (any many others) do tell me
>> that this is not possible, because of the way the printer works (It's a
>> host based / GDI printer). But some people mentioned that there may be
>> way, because the LaserJet 3150 which is almost the same instrument does
>> work as a network printer.
>>
>> So is there anybody out there who has an idea how to do this, or already
>> succeeded in networking the 3100.
>>
>> Any help is very highly appriciated.
>>
>> Regards, Ulli
>
>Unfortunately, your concerns are right. This printer is just meant to
>be a directly connected win printer.
>
>Here is a link to a web page from linuxprinting.org. This site has an
>extensive printer database and the following is for LJ3100.
>
>http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...-LaserJet_3100
>
>take care,
>sunny

The printer is whatever the drivers make it to be. Apparently this unit wasn't
looked upon favorably by the open source community, hence no Linux driver...