HP Jetdirect 70x - Home Print Server User manual

Home Print Server
(J4155A)
HP JetDirect 70X

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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Introduction 1
1Introduction
Thank you for purchasing 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 share the same printer, using your existing home 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.

2Introduction
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.
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.
Bedroom 1
Home Office Family
Bedroom 2
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JetDirect 70X

Introduction 3
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.
Terms
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.

4Introduction

Setup 5
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®operating system
CDs available. They may be required during setup.