HP 1218 - Manual (Page 3)

hp photosmart 1215/1218 color printer network guide for windows 1
1 Using Your Printer on a Network
Before you set up your printer, check that your computer is fully set up, operational, and meets the minimum system requirements listed
in “System Requirements” in your HP PhotoSmart 1215/1218 Printer User’s Guide.
Your HP PhotoSmart 1215/1218 printer can be shared over a network in three different ways:
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Locally Shared: Share your printer from a network-connected computer by enabling printer sharing on a host computer and
connecting your printer to the parallel port of the host computer. See “Locally Shared Printer Connection” on page 2 for details.
• Peer-to-Peer: Connect your printer to a network via the parallel port of an HP JetDirect 70X, 170X, or 300X External Printer
Server. See “Peer-to-Peer Connection” on page 14 and consult your print server documentation for help setting up the print server.
• Print Server Network Connection: Connect your printer to a network via the parallel port of an HP JetDirect External Print Server
and share the printer from a Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or NetWare 3.12, 4.11, or 5.0 server on your network. Clients
print through a Windows NT or NetWare server. See “Client Server Network Connection” on page 19 for details.
Note: Clients on a network do not have access to the CompactFlash or SmartMedia card slots. Clients only have the ability to print.
Host computers in a locally shared configuration will have access to the card slots, only if software is loaded using the full
installation method.