Compare Hewlett Packard JetDirect 300x (J3263A) (J3263A#ABA) Print Server to Hewlett Packard JetDirect 500x (J3265A) (J3265A#ABA) Print Server

The new print server is designed to dramatically reduce the time small businesses spend dealing with network printing issues. Rigorous performance and reliability testing deliver the ensured ?connectivity users have come to rely on from a 3Com OfficeConnect environment and from HP's award-winning line of HP JetDirect print servers. ??As the newest member of 3Com's OfficeConnect brand family, the HP JetDirect 300X OfficeConnect Print Server shares the same form-factor and look-and-feel of all 'clippable' OfficeConnect products, which are designed specifically for non-technical small-business users. The HP JetDirect 300X OfficeConnect Print Server complements the OfficeConnect product family with its ease-of-use, price/performance characteristics, flexibility and low cost of ownership. Less

The HP JetDirect 500X is a three-port external print server for Fast Ethernet and Ethernet networks. It is designed for businesses to connect up to three printers with a parallel port or connect supported HP All-in-one peripherals to a network in one location. ??This external print server provides competent printing performance through three high-speed bi-directional parallel ports. It includes an RJ-45 port for 10Base-T unshielded twisted pair cable and a BNC port for 10Base2 ThinLAN coaxial cable. The HP Web JetAdmin and JetAdmin software functions provide easy installation and operation, and the Internet Print Protocol supports high-level printing over the Internet. The JetDirect 500X supports major network OSs for Ethernet (10/100Base-TX, 10Base2) and Fast Ethernet networks. It supports TCP/IP HP-UX v10.x, 11.x;SunOS v4.1.3, 4.1.4,Sun Solaris v2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6; IBM AIX v3.2.5 and later, Microsoft Windows NT v3.51, 4.0, lpd-supported NOSs, MPE-iX 5.5, and IBM OS/2 Warp v3.0, 4... Less