Just a wild thought here - I once ran into a HP LJ that had multiple
connectors. It would only listen for Appletalk on the 8-pin mini din, not on
the ethernet port. Can't remember which model it was. Check the manual to
verify that it says it will listen for Appletalk over ethernet.
Paul Nuernberger
> From: "Andy Wells" <andywells_at_hotkey.net.au>
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 19:31:06 +1100
> To: "Newtontalk" <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Printing via Ethernet ?
>
>
>>> Personally couldn't think of a better place...Sunday morning
>>> lay-in ( hey don't spoil the fantasy ) reading the latest
>>> digest........;-)
>
> David > did it happen today? ;-)
>
> No *sigh*......my eight year old son ( who's the size of your average 11/12
> year old ) decided that Mum and Dad needed a wake up call.......well rather
> a wake up 'bounce' when he thought he'd try trampolining onto the bed
>
> Have to wait for a couple of weeks to try again now as I'm working out of
> Hobart for 2/3 weeks.......the best laid plans
>
> Back on track.......
>>> Hhm tried that....eMate sits on 'looking for printers' but no
>>> success. ( Both are connected to the Hub, BTW ) The HP L4+ has
>>> an Etalk option which I've set to 'On'. The only other Etalk
>>> option is 'Phase' which is set at 2 ( default ) So is this OK
>>> or should it be something else ?
>
> David > sounds ok to me. phase 2 should be correct.
>
> Well I tried Phase = 1 and 2 ( the only options ) and still no success (
> for my general knowledge what's 'Phase' acually for ?)
>
> David >does your hub have activity lights? you should see a periodic flash
> David >(mine was approximately every 2 seconds) as the newt broadcasts the
> David >lookup packet.
>
> yeah has a port and activity light. Yes it does flash every 2 seconds as the
> newt queries the network.
> tcpdump shows it's advertising itself as 'LaserJet 4 Plus'
>
> looks like a better get into that netatalk HOWTO ( as well as 'Firewalling'
> :-)
>
> thanks for all your help
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Wells
> Systems Administration
> EDS Field Support
> Launceston, Australia
>
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