Earlier, I said:

>
> Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an HP JetDirect box
> with a serial
> port. The division that makes the JetDirect just never got it
> that there are
> a ton of serial printers out there that people would like to
> hook up to
> their network. That said, there are companies that make such
> a thing, but if
> you get one, be sure to use the "snmp_enabled=false" directive in your
> npconfig file for any printer connected to such a box. [Intel
> used to make a
> really nice print server box, called, I think, the NetExport.
> Unfortunately
> they no longer make it.]
>
> You say "old HP serial printers". The "HP" part is important.
> Native MPE
> network printing ONLY WORKS WITH PRINTERS THAT UNDERSTAND PCL. Laser
> printers of most any manufacture understand PCL. Very few
> non-HP impact
> printers understand PCL. If you want to network a non-HP
> impact printer, you
> will likely have to go to a third party spooler product.
>

I neglected to mention using a serial <-> parallel converter with a
JetDirect box. I know people who use this successfully.

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