[Samba] OT - LPD for Windows ...
Keith G. Murphy
keithmur at mindspring.com
Fri Sep 13 16:56:02 GMT 2002
C.Lee Taylor wrote:
> John Benedetto wrote:
>
>> If you are running HP printers, with the built-in jetdirect cards, HP
>> has software you can run to print directly to the printers. HP
>> JetAdmin, I think. You should be able to find it on the HP site.
>
> It's cheaper for me to find old PC's and turn them into headless
> print servers using Linux than get HP JetDirect solutions.
>
Well, Linksys print servers are much cheaper, they are supposed to
support LPD, and they have worked reliably for us (but we haven't
exercised their LPD function a lot):
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/printserv.pdf
If you get one of the ones that have a built-in Ethernet switch, you can
just pop that bad boy under the user's desk, and not have to use up
another wall jack.
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