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HP Jetdirect en3700 fast ethernet external print server
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Chapter 1
Introduction
General product information
The HP Jetdirect en3700 is an external print server with USB 2.0 connection. It plugs
into the USB port of printers (and multifunction peripherals) to provide a network
connection for those printers.
(A label on the end of the product’s box lists printers that are tested and supported.
Newer models may also be supported.)
The print server connects to an Ethernet (IEEE 802.3i 10Base-T) or Fast Ethernet (IEEE
802.3u 100Base-TX) network, attached at the RJ-45 connector using twisted-pair
cabling.
The HP Jetdirect en3700 offers all the features of the HP Jetdirect 310x external print
server, plus additional USB 2.0 high-speed connection functionality.
The en3700 print server supports both peer-to-peer and client/server printer networking
under TCP/IP; it supports peer-to-peer printer networking under IPX/SPX (direct
mode), Apple EtherTalk, and LPD printing. Operating system support includes
Windows (98, 2000, ME, NT 4.0, and XP) and MacOS (v 9.04 and later). See the
section on specifications for details of which operating systems support which
protocols.
The en3700 print server includes all the protocol support of the 310x. These protocols
are, in various combinations, supported on these operating systems: Windows (98,
2000, ME, NT 4.0, and XP), MacOS, Novell NetWare, HP-UX, Solaris (on SPARC
systems), SCO UNIX, LINUX, IBM AIX, MPE-IX, and Artisoft LANtastic. See the
section on specifications for details of which operating systems support which
protocols.