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Networking an HP 3330 Printer

07:15 AM: Looking into adding my HP LaserJet 3330 printer to my home network. Why?  The computer I had been using as a print server that performed this function broke down last week.  This means that I can’t print to this printer from any other networked computer here at the home office until I get this print serving computer going again. However, at eleven years old, repairing this computer is undesirable.  It’s definitely ready for the hopper.

Eventually, I want to gut it and install a new motherboard, power supply, and hard drives.  However, I’m not ready to do that just yet. 

In the meantime, I’ve learned that you can add a network card to this printer, which gives it a “presence” on the network without it actually being connected directly to a computer’s printer port.  These cards are very cheap these days.  So I need to find out which card works with the 3330, and order it. 

With this approach, the pressure is off to replace the old computer until I know the components I want to buy, and I have the money to buy them.  :-)  

 

Tom

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