Steve Miller wrote:

>The 820 in my office also says 'For Windows' on it.  I believe some of the
>HP Deskjets really mean that...they will only work with a Bi-Directional
>cable (IEEE-1284) to a PC running Windows (or at least faking it well).
>
>We tried to hook an 820 to a Jet Direct box on a Netware network with similar
>lack of success.  In short, it may not work by design.

Dead right.  Never buy any of the printers that say "For Windows".  They
are cheap because the processing is done on your PC and not in the printer,
so essentially they're just print engines.  They absolutely won't work as a
"normal" printer.