Originally Posted by Shiloh
I am setting up a home office and one of the main groups I work with IT dept has told me that I need the following to beable to add on to the network:
The printer should be a business class HP laser printer with either
an internal or external HP Jetdirect print server.
All HP printers with "n" at the end of their names qualify - the "n" means "networked". I think the 1320n is the smallest you can get.
You can also buy an external Jetdirect print server that will connect to some of the smaller printers - cost is a few hundred dollars.
A visit to hp.com will be informative.
Question: why do they want your home office printer to be networkable? Anyone on the network will be able to print to it - I don't know if that's desirable. A stand-alone printer connected to your PC seems a more logical way to go.
Audrey