Jim,

Shared off the NT server?? Why not assign it an IP address on the
network then configure it on the NT server
(if I understand you correctly).

If you can ping it from the 3000, then check out the faq on how to
install a network printer on the 3000. It is a fairly easy
configuration.

Rick Clark
Senior Analyst
WW&R
Cleveland, Ohio


Jim Phillips wrote:
>
> Okay, I'm still getting the hang of NT (or getting hanged by it).
> Now we have some HP LJ 4000 TN and an HP Color LJ (5000?) that
> we want to install as network printers using TCP/IP.  The printers
> are on a local LAN segment that has an NT server.  Our HP3000 is
> located remote to these printers and the NT server (across a
> frame relay WAN).  I've installed one of the 4000's as a shared
> printer off of the NT server (I'm having trouble sharing it
> with the Win95 machines, but that's another story :-O!).  Now
> I'm wondering:
>
> Will I be able to access these printers from the HP3000?
>
> Should I set them up with the HP3000 as the printer server
> (is that even possible?)?
>
> Can I have access from the NT server, the Win95 machines,
> and the HP3000?
>
> We are getting ready to install an application on the NT server
> that will use these printers, so that's why I started with the
> NT server as the print server.  I'm just wondering what is the
> "best" way to proceed.
>
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