The 4000 series LJs came out in the late 1990s. The odds of it being compatible on its own is EXTREMELY slim. Like you’d have better chances running to be POTUS with no financing and winning than you do with a 20-year old network printer. > On Mar 24, 2018, at 1:58 AM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > Thanks for the comments. The 4050 is a professional grade laserjet that is > easy to install and use anywhere but my Androids. I have gotten rid of > newer HP inkjets because the drivers harass and beg over buying supplies and > giving print format help every time they were used. > Perhaps a newer model Laserjet will install and work. A model 4100 is a > close match and may fool the installer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Brian Wall > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 9:25 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT? Android printer problem w/ HP 4050 > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 1:47 AM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: >> I can't get my Samsung Android Galaxy phone (S5) or my Galaxy Tab S2 >> tablet to find or connect to my B&W HP Laserjet 4050 which is on my >> net (wired and wireless). I can ping it, but no more. The 4050 is my >> preferred printer for routine stuff. It's fast and economical to operate. >> >> Both Androids find and connect to my HP Color Laserjet 4650 easily > > I think you're giving the 4050 too much credit. That is an OLD printer. > I'm not sure it's discoverable in the way that the 4650 is. > I'm assuming that since it's networked, it uses a Jetdirect card? You might > be able to fiddle with the SNMP settings to get the devices to talk to it. > > You'll have to forgive my ignorance in Android printing, as I've never done > it. If you have the ability, try adding it manually. You can get away with > a 4000 driver or even an Laserjet 5 driver, if Android even has such a > driver. > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list