Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:05:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: worldly BSD <worldlybsd@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using FreeBSD as a printer server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006301158560.80954-100000@harlie.bfd.com> In-Reply-To: <20000630113653.F275@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > "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. If the Laserjets are HP4+ or later and have the network I/O cards, there's nothing tricky about them. Some of the earlier ones had a few quirks, though. In fact, it was easy enough that when my Cannon 8sx (HPIII clone, same mechanics, slightly different electronics, got it used 5 years ago) finally died, I picked up an HP2100NT as my home printer. For $875 I got a PS-aware printer that connected to the network via 10BaseT, 1200dpi and/or 10ppm, 500 sheet bin capacity, that both FreeBSD and Win9X can print directly to without needing a print server :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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