Karl,
   We installed a 8100DN about two months ago and it is doing wonderful.  It
replaced our old line printer.  It is networked to the HP3000 and is
controled
by a PC we have running Jet Admin.  On the HP 3000 we added an entry to the
npconfig file '15     (network_address=999.999.999.999)', where 15 is the
ldev
and 999.999.999.999 is replaced with the IP address.  You also need to set
up
the printed using 'ioconfig'.  The command would be something like
ad 15 id=hptcpjd path=none class=lp
lp can be replaced with what ever you have configured.  I think that you can
create classes in ioconfig.  We have had no problems so far.  Watch out
though,
under MPEiX 6.0, when you first boot, if a spoolfile goes to the printer
before
you bring up the network on the HP 3000, you could get a system abort.  We
have always had the 'outfence 14' command in our sysstart file, but somehow
we still get hit by this.  Hope this all makes sense and helps.

Ron Darling

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>
> Is there anyone using HP's 8100 printer with the HP3000?
> If so, how is the printer connected to the 3000?
>
> We have been using 3si and 4si printers with Xcelnet(?) cards through
serial
> DTC connections.  I would like upgrade these printers and would appreciate
> some experiences on connecting an 8100 to the 3000.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl Hancock
>