From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 25 11:10:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D449F8C for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:10:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivier2553@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5C18FC14 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id x43so982237wey.13 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:10:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ZWCpKH+u77RMQaLZSz+nqBfxeZxsLfod64ucVtIjkgo=; b=GQDfWumyk3UKh8aeupQnv+DOaZDoMlIkxDa329ZA0uhv8QDDpTBK5nGxT2CbYXxF1f xmPprhQ2ZSeVZRs2V785RjXZkyIPj56g6RNg/A1zYvoYXYTwaHOdngaTkfeQWEajGOdN YPEQwqelcfIIr2l8ZapPcUgGnZ+ktoBfKoPDYc0bTKeQ0lkrLr+a6ik7dLf+yTSXw0jc uNN7Wo56ReoZPkeW6NWMWBV86qQW+9rCmVYBNTQ/qOksjn23eWMcXqamPwpZ4G10nQst nJFy/entNpxKVIKi7FMtu+z9pRE1gQTueOd8I3vC5mFQw3AwuP94wACvarpdulZ4C8KU JPFQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.142.25 with SMTP id h25mr11998975wej.157.1351163413973; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:10:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: olivier2553@gmail.com Received: by 10.223.58.1 with HTTP; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:10:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20121025125253.b2a414a0.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <201210250920.q9P9KZIJ023501@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <20121025105952.5ea050522f465431c7936a48@sohara.org> <20121025125253.b2a414a0.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:10:13 +0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: uppSHJlo-n_T3NH3CYjxwDiCk-c Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server From: Olivier Nicole To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Steve O'Hara-Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:10:15 -0000 On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:59:52 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:20:35 +0700 (ICT) >> Olivier Nicole wrote: >> >> > 2) I find a solution to bridge the parallel port and the ethernet >> > port. This is more exciting and I keep the quota and spooling on >> > the original print server. >> >> There are very cheap network print servers available, finding one >> with parallel might be harder. > > I have one of them here: "Cisco Systems Linksys Wireless-G > printserver for USB 2.0", model no. WPS54GU2: parallel, USB, > network and antenna. :-) > > In worst case, using a PC-based server to expose the system's > lpr (with attached printer filter to parallel port, e. g. via > apsfilter, CUPS, or simply PS without anything else) should be > no problem. It would then appear on the network to be used > as "lpr to IP address", just as the original printer would > have been. Not exactly, as I was not using PS (tcp port 515) to connect to the printer, but telnet to port 9100, that is bi-directional and where I can read the page count. I am digging along the line of netgraph, but ther eis no netgraph for parallel port :( Thank you, Olivier