Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:10:13 +0700 From: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD based, standalone, print server Message-ID: <CA%2Bg%2BBvhxOaj7h1N6mWaGXHfOOTVwGPaPokDwvXGAWGWRXtjJfg@mail.gmail.com> 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>
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> 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 <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> 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
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