[Geek] One for the printer gurus ...

[dancefloorlandmine]

We have what is technically referred to as a duff printer (old and battered HP 2100 which appears to keep playing up). The suggestion is to replace this with a nice shiny HP 2300. So far so good. However, I have a query regarding the networking of printers ...

1. At present the 2100 is connected to the network by way of a nice little JetDirect (HP 170X) box, out of which a nice traditional printer cable runs. It has been suggested that we buy a 2300N rather than the vanilla 2300. As I understood it, the JetDirect box serves the purpose of the "N" upgrade in any case, allowing direct network connection. Am I correct, and would there be any other advantage to the 2300N?

2. The proposed reason for getting the 2300N rather than the vanilla version is that this would allegedly make it possible to send print jobs even when our network server is down. (a) Is this correct? And (b) would this still be possible if using a 2300 via JetDirect rather than 2300N?

Thank you for your forbearance, and general generosity in wading through the above contorted mumblings.

Comments

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Cheers! Might have to go for the N, then (as the chance of finding the JetDirect CD itself is somewhat of a "looking for a needle in the wrong haystack" type challenge - I could go on about a lack of IT policy, no consistency in staffing, etc, etc, but I won't because LJ's servers aren't big enough for my rant ...)

[drplokta]

You should be able to download the drivers from the HP website if you can't find the CD.