Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:45:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "Defryn, Guy" <G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: print server Message-ID: <20020417054249.D477-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204161735250.18502-100000@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Defryn, Guy wrote: > > > At the moment all our printers our network printers and they run on > > 2000 server . > > > > I want to setup all the HP printers on Freebsd. All our users are on > > windows machines. > > > What's the best way to start? > > People have been recommending Samba and various sorts of print filters, > but you may not need that level of complexity. The "serious" branch of > Windows (NT) can send lpr print jobs. Attach the printers to your > FreeBSD machine. Define the queues in /etc/printcap. Install the > various drivers on the Windows machines, and set them to print to an lpr > "port" which is really the FreeBSD print queue. But you would still need samba - wouldn't you? Uli. *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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