Connecting an HP Laserjet 4100

Morning.
My MBP is connected with a WLAN provided by a Cisco Linksys WRT54G3G. This router is placed in the garret of my house for UMTS connect reasons. In the basement is placed a HP Laserjet 4100 with a network card upgrade.
What do I need to connect the printer with the WLAN?
TIA and kind regards, Friedrich

Hello,
I have connected those printers to my Macs with OS X using a USB to Parallel printer cable (like the one you propose). It worked just fine.
I did have to download and install the Gimp-Print printer drivers and set those up (since the 4si doesn't have any Mac drivers). So, you may need to get the free Gimp-Print package installed as well.
But, yes, the USB to Parallel cable is all you need for making the connection. The cable does not require any drivers. Just plug it in, and connect the printer to the computer. Then, set-out configuring the printer drivers to talk with your printer.
You can get the Gimp-Print package at:
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3
I hope this helps.
Let us know if you have other questions.
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Extended Systems Incorporated
Boise, ID USA
Phone: (208) 322-7800
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Contact:
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In the past I could print on this printer with my MacBook Pro running 10.4.10. But now I had to reinstall my system and forgot the settings of the printer configuration that has worked in MacOS X. So now I can not print and found no configuration that works.
Can some of You help me and tell me how to install this printer properly in MacOS X 10.4.10?
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The Laserjet 4100 has an embedded web server. If you can access that, you can change the configuration to enable DHCP.
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