HP LaserJet 6L via Netgear PS100 USB print server

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I need help installing a Netgear PS100 mini-print server on an HP LaserJet 6L printer in Linux.

I've tried to do so myself with no success. Online sources say the HP LaserJet 6L printer needs an hpijs Linux driver.

The Netgear PS100 mini-print server is supposed to connect to 192.168.1.236 via my router. It does that successfully in Windows. I think that is on a logical port and not on a hardware port.

Here's what CUPS shows, but the printer doesn't print or show any evidence of a connection with my laptop in the configuration shown:

CUPS settings 11-15-2018.jpeg

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Here is my system and hardware information. I'm a total newbie here and a newbie to Linux too so please assume I know nothing or we'll both be disappointed.

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~$ inxi -Fxzd
System:    Host: Dell-E6540 Kernel: 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: MATE 1.20.1 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6540 v: 00 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Dell model: 0725FP v: A00 serial: N/A
           UEFI: Dell v: A26 date: 10/09/2018
Battery    BAT0: charge: 99.9 Wh 103.8% condition: 96.2/99.9 Wh (96%)
           model: SMP DELL CRT6P2A status: Full
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-4300M (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Haswell rev.3 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10375
           clock speeds: max: 3300 MHz 1: 1079 MHz 2: 1261 MHz 3: 1170 MHz
           4: 1149 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Mars XTX [Radeon HD 8790M]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting,ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile
           version: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-39-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel Ethernet Connection I217-LM
           driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235
           driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 504.7GB (12.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: LITEONIT_LCS size: 128.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: SA400S37120G size: 120.0GB
           ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: Flash_Drive_FIT size: 256.6GB
           Optical-1: /dev/sr0 model: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GU90N
           rev: A100 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
           Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes
           audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 110G used: 27G (26%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 36.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 199 Uptime: 1:13 Memory: 1314.3/7882.1MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56