PARALLEL
Printer Max. Port Speed Low Low Ultra medium Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra medium High PJL Test BiDi Page Comments
Alps DMX800 dot matrix Alps MD5000 Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS Apple LaserWriter II Brother HL-1260 Brother HL-1660e Brother HL-660 Brother HL-720 Brother HL-730 DX Brother MFC-P2000 Canon BJC-250 Canon BJC-4100 Canon BJC-4200 Canon BJC-4300 Canon BJC-4550 Canon BJC-5000 Canon BJC-610 Canon BJC-7000 Canon LBP-465 Canon LBP-660 Canon LBP-860 Canon MultiPASS C5500 Compaq IJ900 DataProducts 1000 DataProducts B1000/B600 DataProducts FP2000 Encad NovaJet 500 Encad NovaJet 600/630 Encad NovaJet 700
Will double-space if parallel cable is too long No No X No No X n/a Yes No No X Customer report of unreliable behavior Yes Yes Yes Print Station customer Report - wont print Yes Yes Does not support BiDi status but prints OK with ECP, PJL, and BiDi all enabled. Customer report of compatibility Customer report of compatibility Print Station Customer Report - wont print Print Station Customer Report - wont print Canon BJC610 operates under Windows printing system which will not operate in the network environment used for this test (Anomaly 1). Requires direct connection to a host computer (Windows printing system needs to be installed on the print server). Unable to print in ECP mode Unfortunately, we have been unable to make the Canon LBP 465 printer work Unfortunately, we have been unable to make the Canon LBP 660 printer work Unfortunately, we have been unable to make the Canon LBP 860 printer work Print Station Customer Report - wont print Unfortunately, we have been unable to make the Compaq IJ900 printer work.
Software Software Software High High High
No No No Does not support BiDi status but prints OK with ECP, PJL, and BiDi all enabled. Driver install loads a status utility that opens with printer and posts error message regarding printer communications. Error message window can be minimized but must End Task to remove (Anomaly 6).

Epson Action Laser 1400

Epson DFX5000 Epson DFX8000 Epson EPL-N1200 Epson EPL-N2000 Epson FX-2170 Epson FX-870 Epson LQ 570+ Epson Stylus color 1520

High Ultra Ultra

No No N
Yes Yes Yes Customer report of compatibility Unable to print in ECP mode Customer report of compatibility Customer report of compatibility Customer report of compatibility Does not support BiDi status but prints OK with ECP, PJL, and BiDi all enabled. Printer driver installs with its own spooler software. To work with NetPort Express a local Printer Port needs to be captured and the Windows Print Manager needs to enabled in the Epson Spooler Queue Setup (Anomaly 7). No No Older drivers may work however, new drivers do not work.

Epson Stylus color 200

Epson Stylus color 600 Epson Stylus color 740

Low medium

Printer Max. Port Speed Low Low Ultra High High High medium Software Controlled Software Controlled medium Medium Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra Medium Medium medium medium PJL Test BiDi Page Comments
Alps DMX800 dot matrix Alps MD5000 Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS Epson Stylus color 800 Epson Stylus color 900 Epson Stylus color ESC/P2 Epson Stylus Photo 750 Genicom 4410XT Genicom 4490XT HP HP HP HP HP 2000 C 4000 4000TN
Will double-space if parallel cable is too long No No No No No No No No No No Open Epson Spool Manger 4 and go to Q/Setup. Check the box which says "use print manger to print" For Win98 machines it may be necessary for the user to manually add the.icm files in order to populate the Color Management profiles. Install driver only not the port monitor. Install printer to LPT1 the redirect to UNC of Netport.
Customer report: Strobe pulse is incorrect, Genicom has fix No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Results are the same for both PCL-XL and PS drivers. Could print but not achieve Bi-di communications through AppleTalk
Customer report: conflict with HP monitor not supported see solution ID 1.0.32875484.1988473
HP 5000 HP HP HP HP HP HP 5000N Design Jet 700 plotter Design Jet 750c/755CM DeskJet 1000C/1100C DeskJet 1120C DeskJet 1600 CM
HP DeskJet 400 HP HP HP HP HP HP DeskJet 400 Euro PS DeskJet 540 DeskJet 660C DeskJet 690C DeskJet 692C DeskJet 694C
Must click capture port in printer properties to get this printer to print. Must click capture port in printer properties to get this printer to print. Customer report of compatibility Fails to print with ECP on (regardless of other settings). Test page will not print lpt1 or lpt2 - error light blinks - power cycle printer to clear. Unable to print

High High Ultra High High medium High medium medium medium medium medium medium High medium
No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Prints with PJL BiDI enabled but BiDi status not supported. Received Spool32 error once during testing. Must be configured to LPT1 then change port properties to UNC of Netport Do not use setup program. Use *.inf appropriate for OS. Install to LPT1 and run Intel APW. Run setup program, install printer to LPT1. Change printer properties to Intel Network port.\\printserver\share Run setup program, install printer to LPT1. Change printer properties to Intel Network port.\\printserver\share Run setup program, install printer to LPT1. Change printer properties to Intel Network port.\\printserver\share Run setup program, install printer to LPT1. Change printer properties to Intel Network port.\\printserver\share
HP DeskJet 697C HP DeskJet 720C/722C HP DeskJet 810C HP DeskJet 812C HP DeskJet 820 cse HP DeskJet 830C HP DeskJet 855C HP DeskJet 870 Cxi HP DeskJet 870Cse HP DeskJet 880C
Printer Max. Port Speed Low Low Ultra Medium medium medium High medium PJL Test BiDi Page Comments
Alps DMX800 dot matrix Alps MD5000 Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS HP DeskJet 890C HP DeskJet 895C se HP DeskJet 930C HP DeskJet 970Cxi HP LaserJet 1100xi HP LaserJet 3100se HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP HP LaserJet 4/4M/4Plus LaserJet 4000 LaserJet 4L LaserJet 4V/MV LaserJet 5 LaserJet 5/5M Color LaserJet 5L LaserJet 5P LaserJet 5Si/5Si-Mx LaserJet 6L/6Lse/6Lxi LaserJet 6p/6mp/6Pse/6Pxi LaserJet 8000 LaserJet II, all models LaserJet III, all models
Will double-space if parallel cable is too long No No No No No No Could not configure to communicate with NetPort Express. Though not specifically identified as a Windows printing system, port communications apparently require hard parallel port communications. No Yes Yes No Yes
Some customer reports of incompatibility Tested with network driver (Corporate Driver) provided on CD. Do not use home user driver. Printer status is unreliable.
Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra High High Ultra High Ultra
No No No No No No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unable to print Yes Yes Yes Yes
ECP/BI-DI cannot be used together *Print Station customer report, unable to print *Customer report of compatibility May work unreliably at medium speed. May work unreliably at medium speed. Could not configure to communicate with NetPortExpress. Though not specifically identified as a Windows printing system, port communications require hard parallel port communications. Setup warns user that direct LPT connections is required for communication with device. Does print a test page when NetPortExpress test page button is pressed.

Low Low

HP Office Jet 350
HP Office Jet 570 HP Office Jet C-5300A HP Office Jet Pro 1150C HP PhotoSmart IBM Laser Printer 10L 4029 IBM Laser Printer 4019 IBM Network Printer 12 Lexmark 4079 Plus Lexmark InkJet Lexmark Optra E Lexmark Optra L Lexmark Optra R+ Lexmark Optra Rx Lexmark Optra S 1650 Lexmark Optra S 1850 Lexmark Optra S 1855 Lexmark Optra S 2450 Lexmark Optra S 3450 Lexmark Optra SC 1275
Ultra medium High Low High Ultra Ultra Medium Low Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra
No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Must be configured to LPT1 then change port properties to UNC of Netport
ECP/BI-DI cannot be used together
Printer Max. Port Speed Low Low Ultra medium medium Medium Medium Ultra Ultra Ultra High High Ultra medium Ultra Ultra Software Ultra Ultra High Ultra PJL Test BiDi Page Comments
Alps DMX800 dot matrix Alps MD5000 Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS MicroLaser Pro/18 NEC Silent Writer 1760 NEC Super Script 1260c NEC Super Script 860 Okidata Microline 380 Okidata Microline 395 Okidata Microline 520 Okidata OL 1200, 1200 PS Okidata OL 400e Okidata OL 810e OkidatOkipage 4W Panasonic KX-P6500 QMS Kiss QMS MagicColor Laser 2 Tektronics Phaser 350 TI MicroLaser 600 TI MicroLaser Power Pro-8 TI MicroLaser Pro 600 TI MicroLaser Win4 Xerox 4505ps Xerox DocuPrint 4508 Xerox DocuPrint 4510 Xerox DocuPrint N32 Xerox DocuPrint P12 Xerox WorkCentre XD105f Xerox WorkCentre XE80
Will double-space if parallel cable is too long No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Systems hangs on Ultra setting forcing a power off situation which results in Scandisk finding file errors upon reboot. *Not supported by NT
Do not use QMS port monitor software
TI MicroLaser Win/4 operates under Windows printing system which will not operate in the network environment. Requires direct connection to a host computer. Ultra Ultra High Ultra No No No No Yes Customer report of compatibility No No Yes Unfortunately, we have been unable to make the Xerox WorkCentre printer work. Unfortunately, we have been unable to make the Xerox WorkCentre printer work. Could print but not achieve Bi-di communications through AppleTalk (for both Laserwriter and Xerox icon in Chooser).
Note: Unless indicated, the driver used was included with the printer or in the OS printer wizard at the time of this testing. Max Port Speed = Bi-di/PJL= Test Page = Maximum recommend port speed. Other speeds may work but produce inconsistant results. The printer was returns front panel messages within Netport(R) Manager when these options are selected. Using the Test page/Diag page button on the print server produces a test page