HP JetDirect 170X

"Nibby" (nibby68) 09/21/2018 at 18:30 • Filed to: None

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You guys remember the HP LaserJet 5MP I found locally? It has under 5,000 lifetime pages printed. Unbelievable.

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Got an HP JetDirect 170X for it. It’s a print server so now I can network the printer and use it on any computer or laptop in the house.

HP LaserJet 5MP monochrome laser printer

Configuration page from an older machine + self test pages

Printing from Windows 7

Print test from 7 and 10

Nice to finally use it on modern machines. Amazing that a printer from 1995 still works on modern Windows.

For Sweden > Nibby 09/21/2018 at 18:41

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It has under 5,000 lifetime pages printed.

lone_liberal > Nibby 09/21/2018 at 18:45

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Well, you should be set for a printer for the rest of your life. 

facw > Nibby 09/21/2018 at 18:46

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That doesn’t seem so shocking to me. It’s an office printer, not a workgroup printer, so I’d imagine most sat on desks and rarely got used.

In any event, at least it’s a 5 and not a 5L. W e had many of the 5L/6L printers and they were terrible machines, always failing.

TheRevanchist > Nibby 09/21/2018 at 18:48

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HP used to make the damn best printers in the world. The 42 00 series printers were workhorses. The last functioning one I saw was in use at a place of business last year.  You can still get parts for them, as they were so good that people didn’t want to get rid of them.

Nibby > lone_liberal 09/21/2018 at 18:51

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hopefully!

Nibby > TheRevanchist 09/21/2018 at 18:51

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damn right, too bad no one makes printers like this anymore

Nibby > facw 09/21/2018 at 18:53

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I think we had a 5L or 6L at some point, but my parents must’ve tossed it out a while ago. We did have a 4L, that was bada ss

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > TheRevanchist 09/21/2018 at 19:17

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I have a 4000 series that I have refused to get rid of, its my personal office printer now at work. Replace the toner and a maint. kit once a year and it just does not stop.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Nibby 09/21/2018 at 19:38

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I still rely on an HP LaserJet 5MP (upgraded to 98MB) for my day-to-day printing. Third set of rollers if I recall correctly. It’s had about 200,000 pages run through it. Connected to the network by the best of the best, the JetDirect 300x J3263G . I just feed it $35 toner and a fan filter every couple of years.

I might at some point try to track down a PSA 4250 just for giggles.

TheRevanchist > For Sweden 09/21/2018 at 19:45

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Low mileage, clean no-FAX.

For Sweden > TheRevanchist 09/21/2018 at 19:47

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no fax? how will we eat?

Nibby > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 09/21/2018 at 19:49

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hot damn, nice! I just went for the cheapest compatible jetdirect I could find with an adapter on ebay.... where do you get the maintenance parts from?

Boxer_4 > Nibby 09/21/2018 at 20:43

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I didn’t realize that there was an external DirectJet. Neat!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > TheRevanchist 09/21/2018 at 21:20

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Those were cheaply made compared to the old HP Laserjet II and III printers.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Nibby 09/21/2018 at 21:31

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Basically, anywhere I can find them at this point. I don’t even remember where I got half of them from. And by the time I remember, they’ve gone out of business or no longer do LaserJet parts at all. :(

bhtooefr > Boxer_4 09/21/2018 at 21:41

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There were a lot of them, because a lot of the printers didn’t take internal ones.

Nibby > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 09/21/2018 at 21:52

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;_; better start hoarding

Nibby > Boxer_4 09/21/2018 at 21:54

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They work with seemingly all PCL compliant parallel port printers

Wacko > Boxer_4 10/04/2018 at 15:36

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they were all external at first.