Editing JetDirect (section)

{{short description|Network printer technology}}
{{Original research|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox computer hardware
| name=JetDirect
| logo=File:JetDirect logo.svg
| image=File:HP jetdirect 600n.jpg
| caption=JetDirect 600n card
| type=[[Print server]]
| manufacturer=[[Hewlett-Packard]]
| introduced={{start date and age|1991|03}}
| connection={{flatlist|
* [[Ethernet]]
* [[Token Ring]]
* [[Bluetooth]]
* [[IEEE 802.11|IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi]] ([[802.11b|b]] and [[802.11g|g]])
}}
}}
'''JetDirect''' is a line of external [[print server]]s formerly sold by [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP). The JetDirect allows [[computer printers]] to be directly attached to a [[local area network]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7pHu7sIUkQC|page=255|year=2002|title=TCP/IP network administration|isbn=978-0-596-00297-8|author=Craig Hunt}}</ref>  The "JetDirect" designation covers a range of models from the external 1 and 3 port parallel print servers known as the 300x and 500x, to the internal EIO print servers for use with HP printers. The JetDirect series also includes wireless print server ([[Bluetooth]], [[802.11b]] and [[802.11g|g]]) models, as well as [[gigabit Ethernet]] and [[IPv6]]-compliant internal cards.