JetDirect Printer not working.. ?

[RedvGreen]

Hi all,

I have a HP en3700 Jet Direct external print server attached to a HP P1005 laserjet printer.

Everything works, in so far as, the card detects the print, and my ethernet PC can install the Printer, but...

1. I cannot print a config page from the JetDirect card (it has a button that you press);
2. I cannot print from the PC - it merely sticks it in a queue, and eventually errors the device.

In Win7 'Devices and Printers' it reports the P1005 (Copy 1) as the active device, yet insists on creating a ghost (offline) printer of the P1005. Neither work or all printing.

What am I doing wrong, or what can I try?

I've updated the JetDirect firmware, and as far as I can tell (which isn't far) the card is correctly configured...

Thanks in advance...

 

[RedvGreen]

Weird, as a guide I found used the P1005 as a supported JetDirect device - albeit for a marginally different card:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7571364_do-p1005-hp-jetdirect-175x.html

 

[RedvGreen]

I had this JD adaptor with a HP1020 and I had the same problems - it is not happy with some host based printers despite claiming it's compatible with them.

I got this after I got an Netgear PS121 and it failed in a similar way.

So what did you do...?!