TNG Printing

[Art Wildman]

CEPS, the Cisco enterprise print system, is a collection of tools an utilities
designed to work together to create a highly scalable, robust printing
environment for a medium to large corporation.
http://ceps.sourceforge.net/index.shtml

LPRng Web Page
http://www.astart.com/lprng/LPRng.html

Hope this helps...

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Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> 
> > "Dan B. Mann" wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> >   I am looking for a solution to my printing dilemma.  I am working on
> > a network that has about 55 printers, mostly HP lasers with a lesser
> > number of TEK color's.  All printers are connected to their own
> > JetDirect box, and they are spooled through one ProLiant 1600 NT
> > Server box.  We are going to build a new print server to service our
> > network of about 250 Win2K Pro boxes in a month or two, and I was
> > wondering if SAMBA is up to the task of doing something like this.  We
> > cannot lose functionality from our current setup.  All workstations
> > now get print drivers off of the server, and it has to stay that way.
> 
> You'd need to set up a solid unix print configuration, and share that
> via Samba. I'd use LPRng as the print spool software - the ifhp filter
> is superb, and has specific support for HP models, and Tektronix
> Phasers. On the Samba side, Samba could deal with this, but there's a
> catch. Samba 2.0.7 does *not* support drivers on the server, they have
> to be installed locally. However, the HEAD branch does have this
> support, and Samba 2.2, which is due out "in a month or two" will have
> this support. Whether this is good for you depends on whose "month or
> two" is shorter!!!
> 
> I run a Samba print server here, and wouldn't go back. LPRng gives me
> the most trouble free operation I've ever had out of printing, better
> than Novell or NT by far. It's trivial to PostScript enable all your
> printers with ghostscript, and the Samba integration is great. Printer
> accounting also works superbly.
> 
> > One of the biggest reason's we would want to switch is that every time
> > we add a new printer to the server, it needs to be rebooted or it may
> > suffer a doctor watson.  This is a real pain in the A** if you know
> > what I mean.
> 
> Oh yes......
> 
> > Oh, and I also forgot to mention that we have an SNA server to handle
> > printing from our AS400, but I believe this box just forwards the
> > print requests to the print server :)
> 
> Shouldn't cause a problem.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Mike.