From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 30 11:37: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC1837BC9D for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:36:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e5UIark17858; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:36:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:36:53 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: worldly BSD Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using FreeBSD as a printer server Message-ID: <20000630113653.F275@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000630181634.9613.qmail@web5301.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20000630181634.9613.qmail@web5301.mail.yahoo.com>; from worldlybsd@yahoo.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 11:16:33AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * worldly BSD [000630 11:19] wrote: > i am a visualization sys engineer NOT a network sys > engineer so excuse me if this questions seems > simple/silly... > > problem: this office is on a base network and when the > base network has problems we loose services and one of > these services is printing. > > question: is it possible to use FreeBSD as a print > server for an office that uses WINNT/WIN2000 computers > and HP laserjet printers ? if so, where do i start to > read ? "samba" can offer Windows print services, you can find it in the port collection. afaik HP Laserjets will provide lpd like services, it is a bit tricky to configure but I've done it before, just be persistant and you ought to be able to get it working. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message