Rodolfo asks:

> I have a two locations several miles away connected through routers via
>  a T1 line. One of the locations is totally Ethernet while the other is
>  totally Token Ring. I need to setup a printer for an HP3000 at the
>  Ethernet site in the Token Ring location. The printer can not be a
>  LaserJet, it must be an impact printer and JetDirect cards are out of
>  the question. DTCs do not talk Token Ring so I can not move one there
>  either.
>
>  What's left?
>
>          1) Open an ethernet segment at the Token Ring side and move a
>  DTC.
>               (too many resources for just one serial port; router port,
>  wiring,
>                DTC, etc)
>          2) Buy two intelligent modems, dedicate a phone line and set up
>  a
>               remote serial printer.
>
>  Any additional suggestions would be appreciated. For option #2, any
>  details on modems used and/or setup comments in a successful
>  installation would help.

One slightly modified, alternate solution for Option #1 might be to use a HP
Print Server. It would certainly be cheaper than a DTC -- and I don't see any
overt reason why it shouldn't be capable of being made to work, given that
your impact printer has a parallel port available and that you can generate a
local Ethernet segment cheaply enough.

A URL on the little print servers is:

     http://hpcc920.external.hp.com/rnd/products/jetdir/jdex/jdex.htm

Wirt Atmar