HP Jetdirect 70x home Print Server User Manual

HP JetDirect 70X

Home Print Server

(J4155A)

User’s Guide

HP JetDirect 70X Home Print Server

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5967-9977 First Edition, March 2000

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J4155A

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction..................................... 1

What’saHomePrintServer? .......................1

TheNeedforHomeNetworking.....................1

DifferentSetupsarePossible .......................2

Terms ..........................................3

2 Setup........................................... 5

3 Operations ..................................... 11

Printing........................................11

SendingFaxes ..................................11

NetworkScanning...............................11

4 Frequently-AskedQuestions ..................... 15

5 Troubleshooting................................ 17

HardwareInstallationProblems....................17

HPJetDirect70XSetupWizardProblems............18

PrintingProblems...............................21

WebScanProblems...............................22

IndicatorLights.................................23

GettingHelp....................................24

6 SpecificationsandService....................... 25

PhysicalSpecifications ...........................25

SupportedPrinters ..............................25

Accessories.....................................26

WarrantyService................................27

HPCustomerCareOnline.........................28

HPCustomerCareForum.........................28

HPCustomerCarebyPhone.......................28

RegulatoryStatements ...........................29

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1Introduction

Thank you forpurchasing the HP JetDirect 70X Home Print Server! You will find it to be an easy and flexible way to share a printer among all the PCs in your home.

This guide provides information about installing and operating the HP JetDirect 70X.

While using this manual, if you encounter some new or unfamiliar terms, see the Terms section at the end of this chapter.

What’s a Home Print Server?

A home print server is an accessory that allows every PC in your home to sharethe same printer,using your existinghome phoneline network.

A home phoneline network allows telephone and network activity to take place at the same time. With one phone line, you can make telephone calls or connect to the Internet, even while you are printing.

The Need for Home Networking

Networks in businesses allow PCs to share printers and other devices. However, for the home, a network has usually been too costly and inconvenient to install.

In a non-networked home with multiple PCs, each PC usually has a printer connected directly to it.

Sometimes there is only one quality laser or color inkjet printer. Sometimes there is both a laser printer and a color inkjet printer. In either case, there is no easy way for family members to use all the printers.

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Printer Sharing with an HP JetDirect 70X

When you use an HP JetDirect 70X Home Print Server, there are several advantages:

• You can connect the HP JetDirect 70X to any phone jack, regardless of its location in your home. The phone jack must be on the same phone line as the PCs in the network.

• Only the PC that has the file to be printed, the home print server, and the printer, need to be turned on.

• Scanning and faxing functions of HP All-in-One products are available to networked PCs.

The following illustrates how you might use a home print server to share a printer in your home.

Bedroom 1

Home Office

JetDirect 70X

Bedroom 2

Family

Room

All of the PCs connected to the phone line in this home can now share the printer in the home office.

Different Setups are Possible

If your home has only one telephone line, the same line is used for voice phone calls, connecting to the Internet, and networking PCs over the home phoneline network.

If your home has two telephone lines, you must connect the HP JetDirect 70X to the same telephone line used by the home phoneline network.

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It is also possible to connect your PCs and HP JetDirect 70X together independent of your home telephone wiring, using standard telephone cables. This is useful in small offices, where each desk might have multiple independent telephone lines and might not have a suitable arrangement for connection over one telephone line.

Term s

Daisy chaining: a method of connecting multiple devices.

Driver: software that enables your PC to communicate with a

particular piece of hardware, such as a printer, modem, or network card.

Home phoneline network: connects the PCs and printers in a home, using existing phone lines.

HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance): an association of companies working together to promote widespread deployment of compatible, low-cost solutions for in-home, phoneline-based networking.

LED (Light-emitting diode): a light on the top and back of the HP JetDirect 70X.

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect): astandardPC interface used to connect devices to PCs.

Phoneline splitter: a small telephone accessory that allows two or more telephone devices (answering machines, faxes, phones) to share one phone jack. You can buy a phoneline splitter at your local electronics shop. Some splitters can divide a line into two, three, or more jacks. Make sure you buy a splitter that divides a wall jack for asinglephonenumberintotwoormorejacksforthesamenumber.

POTS (Plain old telephone services): the regular phone services, such as voice calls and fax transmissions.

RJ-11: the most common telephone jack used in household or office phones.

Introduction 3

4Introduction

2Setup

Setting up your HP JetDirect 70X Home Print Server is also described on the large Quick Start guide included in the shipping container.

To set up the JetDirect 70X Home Print Server, complete the following tasks:

1. Before You Begin

• You must have a working home phoneline network installed. It includes:

• PCs equipped with internal or external home phoneline PC network interface (PNA) devices (these are not modems).

• PCs connected to the same phone line.

• Verify the home phoneline network is functioning by using the procedures described in the documentation that came with your home phoneline network interface devices.

• You should have your printer and Windows CDs available. They may be required during setup.

operating system

Setup 5

2. Unpack Your HP JetDirect 70X

HP JetDirect 70X

Quick Start Guide

HP JetDirect 70X

Setup CD

Power Supply Telephone Cable

User’s Guide

3. Connect Your HP JetDirect 70X

“Line” Jack

• Makesuretheprinteristurnedoff.

• Attach your printer cable to the HP JetDirect 70X’s parallel printer port.

• Attach the phone cable (included) to the HP JetDirect 70X’s “Line” jack.

Home Phoneline

Networking Device

Modem

Parallel Printer Port

• Option A: Locate your printer near your PC. Attach the other end of the phone cable to a wall jack. Connect the phone cable

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from your PC’s home phoneline networking device to the HP JetDirect 70X.

• Option B: Locate your printer anywhere – even in a room without a PC. Attach the other end of the phone cable directly to a telephone wall outlet.

Note: If your home has two telephone lines, you must

connect the HPJetDirect 70X to the same telephone line used by the home phoneline network.

4. Plug in the HP JetDirect 70X

Power cable

Test button

• Connect the power supply (included) to the HP JetDirect 70X. Connect the other end to a wall outlet.

• Turn on your printer.

• The green Status light on the top of the HP JetDirect 70X will blink for about five seconds and then stay on solid.

• Press the Testbutton on the HP JetDirect70X. A test page should print on your printer. This verifies the connection to the printer and may be required in Step 5.

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