I hate to revive an old and probably tired subject, but I still am a bit
confused about the subject.

I currently have 2 HP 4050 TN LaserJets on our network, both of which are
also
configured as HP 3000 printers.  No problem with this, I just set them up in
sysgen and add addresses to the NPCONFIG file.  Works like a charm.

I also have a CanonPrinter/Copier/Fax and a Xerox Document Center on the
network that I would also like to utilize as HP3000 printers.  I set them up
as I did the "HP Products", but the Spooler does not cooperate.  I can spool
them and send stuff to them, but they ignore the spoolfiles.  When I start
the spool, I get SNMP errors, and it tells me that it cannot communicate
with the network printer.  If I set "snmp_enabled = FALSE" in the NPCONFIG,
I don't get the error, but the SPOOLFLE shows up as ACTIVE, forever and
ever.  The printer never seems to get PINGed.

Now I heard the I can solve all this by purchasing one or more third-party
products such as NP92 (MIniSoft), but I was wondering if there were any
other ways around this??  I also seem to remember a discussion about
connecting using a JetDirect EX to a parallel port.  Is this an alternative
to the third-party product??

Thanks in advance.

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Ron Seniska
Eagle Comtronics, Incorporated
Information Services
P.O. Box 2457
Syracuse, New York  13220-2457
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