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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>,
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Subject: Re: print server
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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.


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