From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 3 19:18:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BEE416A41F for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:18:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from mtao02.charter.net (mtao02.charter.net [209.225.8.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E29A43D5A for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:18:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from mxip34-10.charter.net ([10.20.203.74]) by mtao02.charter.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.04 201-2131-123-105-20051025) with ESMTP id <20051203191603.MTQC18406.mtao02.charter.net@mxip34-10.charter.net> for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 14:16:03 -0500 Received: from 24-176-115-13.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com (HELO [192.168.254.3]) ([24.176.115.13]) by mxip34-10.charter.net with ESMTP; 03 Dec 2005 14:16:03 -0500 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.1.051004 Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:15:59 -0600 From: Charles Howse To: questions Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Setting up a print-server Thread-Index: AcX4Pf4ePOsoIGQxEdqo7QARJH5tYg== Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Setting up a print-server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:18:22 -0000 Hi, I have the task of setting up a FreeBSD box as a print-server for the lan here at home. I've used FreeBSD for quite a while, but am currently just a little rusty. I was hoping the list members could help me with planning a strategy, and possibly point me to some resources for help. I have my copies of The Handbook and FreeBSD Unleashed at my side. :-) The printers are: HP1100 LaserJet (non-postscript, parallel only) Epson Stylus C86 (postscript, USB only) Here is my current list of requirements: My daughter's WinXP Pro SP2 box must be able to print to either printer. My Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.3 box must be able to print to either printer. (I may not know what I'm talking about here, but) I would prefer IP printin= g as the only means of serving the printers, rather than Samba for serving to Windows, AND CUPS or something else for serving to OS X. The FreeBSD machine is quite capable hardware-wise of doing all this. I have a copy of 4.11-RELEASE, but will be glad to install whatever version makes it easiest to do what I need. Any help =3D appreciation! --=20 Thanks, Charles=A0